Man killed, teen boy wounded in Auburn Gresham shooting

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A man was shot to death and a teen boy was wounded in a shooting in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood late Friday.

About 10:50 p.m., a male walked up to a 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy at the corner of 88th and Carpenter and opened fire, police said.

The man, identified as Roddy Comer of the 7100 block of South Maplewood, was shot in the back and buttocks, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 12:47 a.m.

The teen was shot in the lower left arm and taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers in Evergreen Park, police said. His condition had stabilized early Saturday.

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