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Chatham Shooting Kills Man, Wounds Woman, Police Say

July 1, 2016 8:08am | Updated July 1, 2016 8:08am

CHICAGO — A shooting in Chatham left one man dead and a woman wounded early Friday, police said.

About midnight, the two were sitting in a car in the first block of West 76th Street when a red pickup truck drove up and someone got out and fired shots at them, said Officer Laura Amezaga, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The woman drove them to St. Bernard Hospital. The man, 28, was hit in his head and was dead on arrival, Estrada said. The woman, 34, was shot in her face and hip. Her condition was not released but she was listed as "stable," Estrada said.

The man was a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody in the shooting.

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