2 fatally shot inside South Deering home

A man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene after a Chicago police SWAT team responded to a report of gunshots inside the home.

Two people were shot to death Friday afternoon inside a South Deering home.

A Chicago police SWAT team responded to the residence after officers arrived to investigate a report of gunshots just after 2 p.m. in the 9500 block of South Bennett Avenue, Chicago police said.

The SWAT team eventually entered the home and found Anitra White, 47, with a gunshot wound to the head and 44-year-old Reginald Davenport with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Further information was not known. Area detectives were investigating the circumstances of the shooting.

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