Englewood homicide: 1 dead, 1 wounded in drive-by on 71st Street

The pair were sitting in a vehicle in the 1000 block of West 71st Street when a red-colored truck pulled up and someone inside fired shots.

A man was shot and killed June 11, 2020, in the 1000 block of West 71st Street.

A 19-year-old man is dead and a 22-year-old man injured following a shooting Thursday in Englewood on the South Side.

The pair were sitting in a vehicle about 11:50 a.m. in the 1000 block of West 71st Street when a red-colored truck pulled up and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.

The pair in the vehicle drove off, and were later found by police at 81st Street and Loomis Boulevard.

The 19-year-old, shot in the face and neck, died at the scene, police said. The 22-year-old was treated for a gunshot wound to his arm at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the younger man as Tomarri Martinez Johnson of Gresham.

Autopsy results released Friday confirmed he died of multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

Area One detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. No arrests have been made.

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1 dead, 1 wounded in Englewood drive-by

The pair were sitting in a vehicle in the 1000 block of West 71st Street when a red-colored truck pulled up and someone inside fired shots.