2 shot, 1 fatally, in Roseland

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A man was fatally shot and another was wounded Thursday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.

The men were in a backyard of a residence in the 11200 block of South Edbrooke at 1:12 p.m. when someone fired shots from an alley, according to Chicago Police.

Jarod Morris, 22, was shot in the lower back and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 2 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and police. He lived in the 11200 block of South Indiana.

A 19-year-old man was shot in the right elbow and taken in serious condition to Roseland Hospital.

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