James McCoy killed in shooting at Auburn Gresham lounge

James McCoy was killed and three other men were wounded during a shooting at an Auburn Gresham lounge early Sunday.

The men were inside a lounge in the 8300 block of South Halsted Street when somebody inside a passing vehicle opened fire into the club about 2:40 a.m., police said.

McCoy, 30, from downstate Peoria, was shot in the chest and died about an hour later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said.

Three other men were wounded, police said. A 32-year-old man was shot in the chest, a 41-year-old man was shot in the left ankle and a 39-year-old was shot in the buttocks.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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