Jajuan Porter shot dead on Chatham street

Jajuan Porter was killed Tuesday night in a Chatham neighborhood shooting that left another man wounded.

The men were standing on a sidewalk in the 7900 block of South Vincennes Avenue when two men walked up and opened fire about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

Porter, 18, of the 600 block of East 131st Street, was shot multiple times and died at the scene, authorities said. A police source described Porter as a known gang member.

The other man, 26, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his chest and shoulder, police said.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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