Two shot, one fatally, in West Garfield Park

The victims were sitting in a parked car in the 4100 block of West Taylor Street when they were shot, police said.

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A 35-year-old man and 30-year-old woman were shot early Sunday while sitting in a parked car in the 4100 block of West Taylor Street, Chicago police said.

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A man was killed and a woman was injured in a West Garfield Park shooting early Sunday, police said.

Edward Brown and 30-year-old woman were sitting in a parked car in the 4100 block of West Taylor Street around 2:09 a.m. when someone fired shots, Chicago police said.

Brown, 35, was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. The woman was in critical condition at the same hospital with a gunshot wound to the side.

No arrests have been made and detectives are investigating.

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