2 shot, 1 fatally, while sitting in vehicle in Back of the Yards

Two people were wounded, one of them fatally, in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

About 3:25 p.m., they were sitting in a vehicle at the intersection of 53rd Street and Ashland when gunmen hopped out of another vehicle and opened fire, according to Chicago police.

Darryl Johnson, 21, was shot in his head and pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Johnson lived in the Gresham neighborhood.

A 25-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds to his legs and torso, police said. His condition was stabilized at Stroger Hospital.

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.