1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting inside South Side Chicago home

Someone outside a home in the 7000 block of South Wabash Avenue opened fire into the house Monday, hitting three people. One person died. No one is in custody.

By Cindy Hernandez

Red crime scene tape is seen lit up from a car’s headlights.

A man was killed and two women wounded in a shooting in a home early Monday in Greater Grand Crossing.

About 12:45 a.m., someone outside the home in the 7000 block of South Wabash Avenue opened fire and hit three people inside, Chicago police said.

Leon Pate, 53, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

A woman, 49, was struck in the head and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said. The other woman, 48, was shot in the arm and was taken to the same hospital in fair condition.

No arrests have been made.

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Someone outside a home in the 7000 block of South Wabash Avenue opened fire into the house Monday, hitting three people. One person died. No one is in custody.