1 killed, 1 wounded in South Shore shooting

Davion Wright and another man were found shot inside of a car that had crashed into a building in the 7600 block of South Jeffery Boulevard, authorities said.

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A 16-year-old girl was shot Jan. 3 in Englewood on the South Side.

A shooting left a man dead and another wounded Sept. 3, 2020, in South Shore.

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A man was killed and another critically wounded in a shooting Thursday in South Shore, police said.

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 9:15 p.m. and found the pair inside of a car that had crashed into a building in the 7600 block of South Jeffery Boulevard, Chicago police said.

Davion C. Wright, 18, was shot multiple times in the chest and arm and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in Hickory Hills. Autopsy results ruled his death a homicide.

The other man, 20, was struck multiple times in the leg, police said. He was taken to the same hospital in critical condition.

Area Two detectives are investigating.

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