2 killed, 1 wounded in West Englewood shooting

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Authorities have identified the two men killed last week in a shooting that left another man critically wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

Officers responded to a call of shots fired about 9:30 p.m. Dec. 19 in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue and found three men inside an SUV in an empty lot, Chicago police said.

Two men were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified one of them as 21-year-old Maurice Graham Jr. of Madison, Wisconsin. The other man was identified as 26-year-old Deven Kimberly, who lived in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

The third man, 28, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the back, police said. He was in critical condition.

Detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

Police investigate the fatal shooting of 2 people Wednesday evening in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue.| Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

Police investigate the fatal shooting of 2 people Wednesday evening in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue.| Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

Police investigate the fatal shooting of 2 people Wednesday evening in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue.| Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

Police investigate the fatal shooting of 2 people Wednesday evening in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue.| Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

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