Devin Hamb and another man killed, three wounded when gunman fires at group on porch in West Englewood

By ASHLEE REZIN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Chicago Police investigate in the 2000 block of West 68th Place late Sunday, where five people were shot, two of them fatally. | Network Video Productions

Chicago Police investigate in the 2000 block of West 68th Place late Sunday, where five people were shot, two of them fatally. | Network Video Productions


Devin Hamb and another man were killed, and three other people wounded in a shooting Sunday night in the West Englewood neighborhood.

The group was sitting on a front porch in the 2000 block of West 68th Place about 11:10 p.m. when someone got out of a vehicle in a nearby vacant lot and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

Hamb, 27, was shot in the chest and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 500 block of East 72nd Street.

A 38-year-old man was shot in the neck and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The medical examiner’s office had not released his name as of Tuesday afternoon.

A 27-year-old man shot in the back was taken Christ Medical Center; a 17-year-old boy shot in the left leg was taken to St. Bernard Hospital; and a 23-year-old woman shot in the left leg was taken to Stroger Hospital, police said. All of their conditions were stabilized.

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