Maurice Selvy killed in shooting just a block from his Near North Side home that leaves second man injured

Maurice Selvy was killed and another man wounded in a shooting Saturday morning on the Near North Side, just a block from the victim’s home.

The pair were outside in the 800 block of North Cambridge when someone opened fire about 3 a.m., striking a the 32-year-old Selvy in the head and abdomen, and a 33-year-old man in the torso, according to Chicago Police.

They were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where Selvy was pronounced dead at 3:11 a.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Selvy, known to friends as Reese D, lived in the 900 block of North Cambridge.

The older man was listed in good condition, but police said he was being uncooperative with detectives.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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