Teen killed, man wounded in West Englewood shooting

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A 17-year-old boy was killed and a man wounded in a shooting in the West Englewood neighborhood late Friday.

About 11 p.m., the two were in the 6400 block of South Justine when a male got out of a passing white Cadillac and shot them, police said. The model of the vehicle was not immediately known.

The teen was shot in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:52 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Authorities later identified him as Torri Williams of the 9000 block of South Laflin.

The man, 20, was shot in the arm and taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said.

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