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Police: 1 Dead, 1 Hurt In Greater Grand Crossing Shooting

(STMW) -- A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting Saturday night in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

About 10:15 p.m., the men, both 21 years old, were walking in the 1100 block of East 73rd Street when another male exited a black car nearby and opened fire, police said.

Both were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said. One of the men was shot multiple times in the chest and pronounced dead at the hospital. The other man was shot in the left leg.

The Cook County medical examiner's office could not immediately confirm the fatality.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2015. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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