A man was shot and killed overnight in the 7200 block of South Cornell Avenue. (Credit: CBS)
CHICAGO (CBS) – One man is dead, and another is fighting for his life Thursday morning, after separate shootings in the South Shore and Woodlawn neighborhoods.
Police found a man in the street just after 11 p.m. in the 7200 block of Cornell Avenue. He had been shot in the abdomen.
That man, Myron Smith, 40, of the 8600 block of South Dante Avenue, was pronounced dead at 12:05 a.m. Thursday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
About the same time as police found Smith, officers also found a second man with a gunshot wound to the body several blocks away at 1400 E. 69th St., police said.
He was also taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and remains in critical condition early Thursday.
Police could not immediately say if the shootings were related.
Calumet Area police detectives are investigating both shootings. No one was in custody early Thursday.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
11 Comments
If they are drug dealers or gang members i have no problem with that… let them die before they kill some innocent people…
May 19, 2011 at 8:44 am
Just a typical South Side evening.
May 19, 2011 at 9:04 am
What the hell is the matter with these black African negros? What possible justification could there be for shooting people?
May 19, 2011 at 11:24 am
These are some very Heartless and Ignorant Comments being made by people. None of you Personally know these victims except that they are black men from the south side and so with that all of RACIST COMMENTS COME FLYING OUT YOUR MOUTHS. Your some sad sad excuses for men.
May 19, 2011 at 9:41 am
What was racist? I don’t see anything hateful, just the truth. Please keep the racist card to yourself.
May 19, 2011 at 9:52 am
@ Tyreese – People like Rae Ann Smith cannot mentally deal with the facts that are presented to them. Instead, they opt to mentally hide behind the race card. Facts are facts. Black men kill black men, and in Chicago, that seems to be the norm. White/Asian/Arab/and most Hispanic neighborhoods do not have anywhere near the level of violence/killings that black neighborhoods on the south and west sides do. That is a fact. But until people like Rae Ann Smith accept this truth, and stop pulling the race card, things will not improve in the affected black communities.
May 19, 2011 at 10:16 am
I suppose that you think Jessie and Al are HEROStoo
May 19, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Rae Ann, I bet you personally go for awalk on the southside after dark regularly, don’t you!
May 19, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Rae Ann Smith you have every reason in the world for being embarrassed of your race and yourself as well. We understand.
May 19, 2011 at 10:45 am
animals!!!!!!
May 19, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Same Sh!* different day…
May 19, 2011 at 2:09 pm