Man killed, 14-year-old girl wounded in West Englewood shooting

Someone in a vehicle fired shots at the pair about 5:45 p.m. as they stood outside in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue, Chicago police said.

A man was stabbed to death Aug. 23, 2022, in River North.

A man was killed and a teenage girl wounded Oct. 2, 2020, in a shooting in West Englewood.

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A shooting Friday afternoon left a man dead and a teenage girl wounded in West Englewood on the South Side.

Someone in a vehicle fired shots at the pair about 5:45 p.m. as they stood outside in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue, Chicago police said.

Joe Winters, 35, was struck in the head and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in West Englewood.

An autopsy conducted Saturday ruled his death a homicide.

The girl, 14, was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition with a gunshot wound to her ankle, police said.

No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate.

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