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2 Wounded In Shooting In Woodlawn Alley, A Block From Fatal Shooting Three Hours Earlier

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two males were wounded, one of them critically, in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Woodlawn, just a block away from a fatal shooting a few hours earlier at a Family Dollar store.

Police said two males were in a parked car in an alley on the 6300 block of South Maryland Avenue around 3:45 p.m., when someone walked up and started shooting.

A man whose age is not yet known was shot in the head and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. A 30-year-old man was shot in the left arm, and was taken to the same hospital in good condition.

The shooting happened about three hours after a A 31-year-old man was shot and killed at a Family Dollar store on the 6300 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue.

Police said that man was inside the store around 12:45 p.m., when a gunman walked up and shot him multiple times in the head, face, and body.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Area One detectives were investigating both shootings.

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