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Man Killed, 3 Others Wounded In West Side Shooting

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police are looking for the suspect who killed one person and wounded three others on the city's West Side Monday night.

As WBBM Newsradio's Bernie Tafoya reports, the incident happened in the 4100 block of West Adams Street, in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.

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Someone walked up to three men and a teenage boy on the block around 8:55 p.m. Monday, and opened fire, police said.

Paramedics transported all four to area hospitals in serious-to-critical condition, Fire Media Affairs spokeswoman Meg Ahlheim said. The 14-year-old boy was taken to Lurie Children's Hospital while the adults were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County.

Christopher Banks, 21, of the 4300 block of West Adams Street, was pronounced dead at 8:41 p.m. at Stroger Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

A 22-year-old man was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition and a 29-year-old was listed in stable condition there, according to Gaines.

The 14-year-old boy was shot in the neck, police said. He was listed in good condition at Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago Medicine.

No one was in custody in the shooting as of Tuesday morning.

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