2 killed in Old Town shooting

The pair were westbound in the 100 block of West North Avenue just before 6 a.m. when people in another vehicle began shooting at them, Chicago police said.

Seven armed robberies happened in May and June in Lawndale — Both men were pronounced dead on the scene, police said.

Two men were killed Sunday while driving through Old Town on the North Side.

Marcus Walker Jr., 25, and Tavion Matthews, 22, were westbound in the 100 block of West North Avenue just before 6 a.m. when people in another vehicle began shooting at them, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Matthews was shot multiple times in the back and Walker suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body, authorities said. Both men were pronounced dead on the scene.

The other vehicle fled north on LaSalle Drive, police said. The victims’ vehicle was found with more than a dozen bullet holes.

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