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One person killed, two others wounded in shooting in North Lawndale vacant lot

A 19-year-old boy and two 29-year-old men were in the 1400 block of South Komensky Avenue when someone fired at them at around 7 p.m., Chicago police said.

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A person was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in a vacant lot in North Lawndale Monday.

A 19-year-old boy and two 29-year-old men were in the 1400 block of South Komensky Avenue when someone fired at them around 7 p.m., Chicago police said.

Dellshawn Cotton was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. The other was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition after also suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

The 19-year-old was shot in the shoulder and taken to Mount Sinai in good condition, police said.

No arrests have been reported.

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