2 shot, 1 fatally, in Roseland drive-by

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One man was killed and another wounded in a drive-by in Roseland on the South Side.

Two men were walking about 10:16 p.m. Tuesday in the first block of East 102nd Place when someone inside of a passing gray Kia SUV fired at them, Chicago police said.

Cortez J. O’Neal-Brown, 23, was shot in the back and pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in Fernwood.

The other man, 30, was struck in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Area South detectives are investigating.

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