Chicago violence: 1 killed, 4 wounded in North Lawndale shooting

The five were standing on a sidewalk about 12:15 a.m. when two people walked up to them and began shooting.

Crime scene tape. Stock photo. — Five people were shot early Saturday in North Lawndale.

A man was killed and four others wounded in a shooting early Saturday in North Lawndale.

The group was standing on a sidewalk about 12:15 a.m. in the 1400 block of South Spaulding Avenue when two people walked up and began shooting, Chicago police said.

Rayarn Murray, 46, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

A 40-year-old was in critical condition at Stroger Hospital with gunshot wounds to the head and neck. Two more men were in good condition at Mount Sinai Hospital

A 50-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the right arm and declined medical attention.

No one was in custody.

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