Dennis Jones, 52, killed in North Lawndale domestic shooting

A 52-year-old man was killed in a Christmas Day domestic shooting that left another man wounded in the North Lawndale community.

Dennis Jones was and a 42-year-old man were shot in the 1900 block of South Trumbull Avenue about 6 p.m. authorities said.

Jones, of the 4900 block of West Augusta Boulevard, was shot in the chest and leg, authorities said. He was declared dead at 8:22 p.m. Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital.

The other man was shot in the leg and took himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

After the shooting, a male relative thought to be the gunman fled in a blue vehicle, police said.

Nobody has been charged with murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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