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Edgewater Shooting Kills 2 People, Wounds Another, Police Say

By  Kelly Bauer and Linze Rice | March 12, 2017 11:19am | Updated on March 13, 2017 7:46am

 A shooting in Edgewater killed two and wounded another early Sunday, police said.
A shooting in Edgewater killed two and wounded another early Sunday, police said.
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CHICAGO — A shooting in Edgewater left two dead and another wounded early Sunday, police said.

At 12:34 a.m., two people were standing on the sidewalk in front of a Dunkin' Donuts at 6332 N. Broadway when someone in a dark-colored SUV fired shots at them, police said.

One man was shot in his head and taken to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition, police said. Quentin Payton, 28, of the 6100 block of North Francisco Avenue, was pronounced dead at 1:33 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

A 32-year-old man was hit in his left leg and taken to St. Francis Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

Another victim was sitting in the back seat of a car when shots rang out and the man felt pain, police said. The bullet hit the left side of the man's torso.

The man took himself to Community First Hospital in critical condition and was transferred to Illinois Masonic Hospital. Chaz Johnson, 22, of Evanston, was pronounced dead at 8:43 a.m., according to the Medical Examiner's Office.

Hours after the shooting, friends and family of the victims had set up a memorial outside the Dunkin' Donuts with posters, balloons, candles and written prayers. Bloody footprints from the shooting remained on the sidewalk.

No one was in custody.