1 killed, 1 wounded in Park Manor shooting

The men were sitting in a parked vehicle about 10:23 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Perry Avenue when two males walked up and started shooting at them, Chicago police said.

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One man was killed and another was wounded Wednesday in a shooting in Park Manor on the South Side.

The men were sitting in a parked vehicle about 10:23 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Perry Avenue when two males walked up and started shooting at them, Chicago police said.

Leonard Brown, 33, was struck in the head and body and pronounced dead on the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. The other man, whose exact age was unknown, was shot in the armpit and leg and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.

An autopsy conducted Thursday confirmed that Brown died from his gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office said. His death has been ruled a homicide.

Area South detectives are investigating.

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