2 men shot, killed in Grand Crossing

The two were traveling in a car about 3:20 p.m. Tuesday in the 6800 block of South State Street when someone in another car shot them, police said. Both men died at University of Chicago Medical Center.

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Two men were killed in a shooting Tuesday in Grand Crossing on the South Side.

Antonyo Rodgers and Tywon D. Washington were traveling north in a blue sedan about 3:20 p.m. in the 6800 block of South State Street when someone in a silver car fired shots, Chicago police said.

Rodgers, 30, suffered gunshot wounds to his head and body while Washington, 22, was shot in his head and neck. Both were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

No arrests were reported.

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