Two Charged In Fatal Austin Neighborhood Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) -- Two men have been charged with first-degree murder after a Friday shooting that killed one man and wounded another in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
Jermaine Powell, 19 of the 5900 block of West Huron, and Joshua Grayer, 19 of the 1200 block of South Saint Louis, were each charged with first degree murder, according to a police statement.
Both were additionally charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm — Powell with two counts and Grayer with one, police said.
Two men were standing in a yard in the 5500 block of West Corcoran about 10 p.m. Friday 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.
Powell and Grayer are scheduled to appear in bond court Monday.
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