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Damijwan Bonds, 18, Killed In Back Of The Yards Shooting

CHICAGO — An 18-year-old man was shot and killed in Back of the Yards on Sunday night, police said.

At 9 p.m., the man was in the 5400 block of South Damen Avenue when he was shot in his legs, police said. Officers did not know what led up to the shooting.

The man took himself to Holy Cross Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Damijwan Bonds, of the same block where he was shot, was pronounced dead at 9:59 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy showed Bonds died from a gunshot wound going from his right hip into his abdomen in a homicide.

No one as in custody.

No further information was immediately available.