Police: One Dead, One Wounded In Austin Neighborhood Shooting
(STMW) -- Two people are in custody in connection with a shooting that left a man dead and another wounded in the West Side Austin neighborhood, police said.
Two men were standing in a yard in the 5500 block of West Corcoran about 10 p.m. when multiple people fired shots from a sidewalk, police said.
Denzell Franklin, 23, was shot in the face and armpit and was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:43 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The other man, 24, walked to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park with a gunshot wound to the arm, police said. His condition had stabilized late Friday night.
Two people were taken into custody after the shooting. Their ages and genders were not immediately known.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2014. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
