1 killed, 2 wounded in Austin shooting

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Police at the scene of a shooting, where a 59-year-old man was killed and two others were wounded late Friday in the Austin neighborhood. | Network Video Productions

A man was killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting late Friday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

The three were shot about 11:40 p.m. while standing on the sidewalk in the 500 block of North Lavergne, according to Chicago Police.

Leander E. Winford II, 59, was shot in the right arm and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:38 a.m. Saturday, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in the 2200 block of South 14th Avenue in Broadview.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the left leg and a 32-year-old man was shot in the left arm and leg, police said. They were both taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized.

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