Man, 19, shot to death in Lawndale: police

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Police investigate the scene where a someone was shot and killed Monday night in the 1800 block of South Lawndale. | Tyler Lariviere/Sun-Times

A man was shot to death Monday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

Marquise Willingham, 19, was shot at 9:11 p.m. when a gold vehicle drove up and someone got out, walked up to him and fired shots in the 1800 block of South Lawndale, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was shot twice in his shoulder and once in his head.

Police investigate the scene where a someone was shot and killed Monday night in the 1800 block of South Lawndale. | Tyler Lariviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate the scene where a someone was shot and killed Monday night in the 1800 block of South Lawndale. | Tyler Lariviere/Sun-Times

Willingham, who lived in the same neighborhood, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:42 p.m., authorities said.

Area Central detectives were investigating.

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