Dylan Dent killed, second man wounded in drive-by shooting in West Pullman

Dylan N. Dent was killed and another man wounded in a shooting in the West Pullman neighborhood early Saturday.

The men, ages 21 and 24, were driving home in an alley in the 500 block of West 127th Street about 3:35 a.m. when a male with dreadlocks shot them from inside a blue truck, according to Chicago Police.

The younger man, Dent, was shot in the shoulder, and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 4:30 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and police. He lived in the same block as the shooting.

The other man was shot in the leg and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. His condition stabilized.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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