2 dead, 3 wounded in West Englewood shooting

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Chicago Police investigate in the 2000 block of West 68th Place late Sunday, where at least four people were shot. | Network Video Productions

Two men were killed and three other people wounded in a shooting Sunday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

The group was sitting on a front porch in the 2000 block of West 68th Place about 11:10 p.m. when someone got out of a vehicle in a nearby vacant lot and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

A 27-year-old man, identified as Devin Hamb, was shot in the chest and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 500 block of East 72nd Street.

Davon Barrett, 38, was shot in the neck and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m. Monday, according to the medical examiner’s office. Barrett lived on the same block where the shooting happened.

A 27-year-old man shot in the back was taken Christ Medical Center and 17-year-old boy shot in the left leg was taken to St. Bernard Hospital. Their conditions were both stabilized, police said.

A 23-year-old woman was shot in the left leg and taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was also stabilized, police said.

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