2 men shot, 1 fatally, in West Englewood drive-by attack

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Two men were wounded, one of them fatally, in a drive-by shooting Tuesday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

The men, ages 24 and 27, were on foot at 1:58 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Justine when someone in a vehicle fired at them, according to Chicago Police.

The 24-year-old, identified as Danzell Peterson, was shot in the head and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died at 3:41 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. He lived in the same block as the shooting.

The older man was shot in the leg and was taken to Trinity Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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