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Two men, 79 and 80, fatally shot inside Brighton Park apartment

An 80-year-old man was found in the hallway of an apartment building in the 4400 block of South Campbell Avenue, a second man was found inside an apartment.

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Juan Alvarado, 80, was found in the hallway of the building in the 4400 block of South Campbell Avenue with a gunshot wound to his head and chest about 1:40 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Bonifacio Medina, 79, was found inside an apartment with several gunshot wounds.

Alvarado was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Medina was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one was in custody.

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