1 killed, 1 wounded in Lawndale shooting

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The 4900 block of West Arthington | Google

A man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

Both were shot at 12:52 p.m. in the 4900 block of West Arthington, according to Chicago Police.

Deangelo Brown, 28, of the Austin neighborhood was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said. A 22-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to a hospital for treatment.

Area North detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

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