Man killed, another hurt in Englewood shooting

Alexis Perez, 22, was hit multiple times in the side and pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center, officials said.

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One man was killed and another was injured in a shooting April 18, 2020, in the 5700 block of South May Street in Englewood.

One man was killed and another was injured in a shooting April 18, 2020, in the 5700 block of South May Street in Englewood.

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A man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Saturday in Englewood on the South Side.

They were sitting in a parked vehicle at 11:56 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots in the 5700 block of South May Street, according to Chicago police. A 22-year-old man was hit multiple times in the side and ran to a nearby alley before he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.

The man, identified as Alexis Perez, was pronounced dead at 12:57 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in Edgewater on the North Side. Autopsy results released Sunday found he died from his wounds and ruled his death a homicide.

The other man, 39, was hit in both shoulders and taken to the same hospital in fair condition, police said.

No one is in custody as Area South detectives investigate.

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