Police: Man killed, teen wounded in Englewood shooting

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A man was killed and a teenager was wounded in a shooting at an Englewood neighborhood park late Saturday on the South Side.

The 15-year-old boy and 21-year-old man were playing basketball about 10:45 p.m. at Ogden Park in the 6500 block of South Racine when they heard gunfire and both felt pain, according to Chicago Police.

The man, identified as 21-year-old Glennell Fairley, was shot in the chest and left arm and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 12:03 a.m. Sunday, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Fairley lived in the 6600 block of South Marshfield.

The teenager suffered a gunshot wound to the left arm and later showed up at Holy Cross Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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