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Two South Side Shootings Leave One Dead and One Wounded

Police investigations diverge, with one case open and another producing an arrest.

Overview

  • Police said a 26-year-old was shot in the chest as he left a restaurant on the 100 block of East 71st Street in Greater Grand Crossing and later died at the University of Chicago Hospital.
  • Officers reported he tried to run after hearing gunfire, collapsed nearby, received aid on the scene, and had a graze wound to his ankle.
  • In a separate incident on the 7500 block of South Parnell Avenue, police said a struggle over a handgun ended with a 46-year-old shot in the abdomen.
  • The wounded man went to St. Bernard Hospital in good condition, and officers arrested a 56-year-old at the scene with charges pending.
  • Area One detectives are investigating the Greater Grand Crossing homicide with no arrest or identification released, and Area Two detectives are handling the Parnell case after the on-scene arrest.