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Chicago Lawn Shooting Kills Tayvion Roberson, Wounds 59-Year-Old

By Kelly Bauer | July 23, 2017 10:20am

CHICAGO — An 18-year-old man was shot to death and another man, 59, wounded in Chicago Lawn on Saturday night, police said.

At 9:41 p.m., the men were standing on the sidewalk in the 7100 block of South Artesian Avenue when someone walked up to them and fired shots, police said.

The 18-year-old was identified as Tayvion Roberson of Oak Lawn, according to the Medical Examiner's Office. He was hit in his chest and back and taken to Holy Cross Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. 

The 59-year-old was hit in the side of his body and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in serious condition, police said.

No one was in custody.