Man killed, 2 wounded in Fernwood shooting

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One man was killed and two others were wounded in a Fernwood neighborhood shooting early Tuesday on the Far South Side.

The men were sitting in a vehicle at 12:58 a.m. in the 200 block of West 107th Street when another male walked up and fired multiple shots into the vehicle, according to Chicago Police.

The victims drove to the 8600 block of South Halsted, where they flagged down an Illinois State Police trooper for help, police said.

Deylion L. Spencer, 30, was shot in the back and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 1:43 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the South Side Washington Heights neighborhood.

A 24-year-old man suffered two gunshot wounds to the arm and abdomen, while a 25-year-old man was shot in the arm, leg and buttocks, police said. They were also taken to Christ Medical Center, where they were both listed in serious condition.

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