Teenager killed, 2 wounded in Englewood shooting

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A teenage boy was killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting Monday night in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

Jaywan Freeman, 17, another 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were standing in the street about 9:50 p.m. in the 6900 block of South Harvard when a another male walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Freeman was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. He lived in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

The other 17-year-old boy was shot in the left shoulder and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. The 20-year-old man was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital. Both of their conditions had stabilized.

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