1 dead, 1 critically wounded in Chicago Lawn shooting

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A man was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

About 8:30 p.m., they were standing on the sidewalk in the 6000 block South Maplewood when someone in a dark SUV drove by and fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

Jonathan D. Brown, 25, was shot in the chest and arm and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:53 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in Englewood.

A 23-year-old man was struck in his left arm and abdomen, and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.

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