Man dies, another wounded in Southwest Side shooting

Two men were shot, one fatally, Thursday afternoon on the border of McKinley Park and Brighton Park on the Southwest Side.

They were headed northbound in a vehicle about 1:40 p.m. in the 3700 block of South Western Avenue when they slammed into another vehicle, Chicago police said.

Paramedics responded to the crash and found that the men had been shot, but it wasn’t immediately clear where the shooting took place, according to Chicago police and fire officials.

A 20-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Carlos Yanez of West Englewood. A medical examiner’s report released Friday said that Yanez died of a gunshot wound in the back.

The other man, 21, was found with a gunshot wound to the back and taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said. A woman, 39, and a 3-year-old boy in the other vehicle were taken to Stroger with non-life threatening injuries from the crash.

Area One detectives are investigating.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.