2nd person dies in Lawndale shooting: police

Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 1300 block of South Homan Avenue found a man, 25, with a gunshot wound to the head and another person with multiple gunshot wounds.

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Chicago police investigate the scene where a man was shot and killed and another man wounded in a shooting in the 1300 block of South Homan Ave. in the Lawndale neighborhood, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago police investigate a shooting Nov. 11, 2020, in the 1300 block of South Homan Avenue.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Two men were shot and killed Wednesday in Lawndale on the West Side.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 6:25 p.m. in the 1300 block of South Homan Avenue found a 25-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head, Chicago police said.

Jim Brown of Homan Square was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Tristan Gordon, 36, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the arm and abdomen, police and the medical examiner’s office said. He was pronounced dead the next day at 2:24 a.m.

No arrests have been reported. Area Four detectives are investigating.

Chicago police investigate the scene where a man was shot and killed and another man wounded in a shooting in the 1300 block of South Homan Ave. in the Lawndale neighborhood, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago police investigate the scene where a man was killed and another person wounded in a shooting Nov. 11, 2020, in the 1300 block of South Homan Avenue.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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