Cory Fisher killed, 16-year-old wounded in shooting in West Garfield Park


Cory Fisher was killed and a 16-year-old boy wounded in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting Friday evening on the West Side.

Fisher, 18, and the boy got into a fight with a third person who pulled out again and opened fire at 6:12 p.m. in the 3800 block of West Lexington, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Fisher, of the 3200 block of West Carroll, was shot in the head, and the boy was shot in the right shoulder, authorities said.

Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where Fisher died at 6:24 p.m., authorities said.

The teen’s condition was stabilized, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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