1 killed, 1 wounded in Chicago Lawn shooting

The two were attacked in the 2400 block of West 63rd Street, police said.

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Two people were shot, one fatally, Dec. 9, 2021, in Chicago Lawn.

Two people were shot, one fatally, Dec. 9, 2021, in Chicago Lawn.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Thursday evening in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side.

The two were attacked around 5:15 p.m. in the 2400 block of West 63rd Street, Chicago police said.

One of the men, 37, was struck in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He was identified as Dywon Sheppard by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The second man, 36, was struck in the hip and foot, and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

No one was in custody.

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