Shooting at Austin bar kills 1, wounds another

A gunman entered the bar in the 5400 block of West Madison Street and fired into a crowd just after 8 p.m.

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One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting Friday night at a bar in Austin.

A gunman entered the bar in the 5400 block of West Madison Street just after 8 p.m. and fired into a crowd, according to the Chicago police, hitting a man twice in the abdomen. Jeffery Jackson, 32, died at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The other shooting victim, a 65-year-old man, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition with a leg wound, according to the police.

They said the suspect was dressed all in black.

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