Marquese Fleming killed, second man wounded in Old Town shooting

Marquese Fleming was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting early Sunday in the Old Town neighborhood.

Police investigate a shooting Sunday morning in the Old Town neighborhood that killed one man and wounded another. | NVP News

Police investigate a shooting Sunday morning in the Old Town neighborhood that killed one man and wounded another. | NVP News


About 4 a.m., the men, ages 20 and 30, were outside when someone walked out of a fast food restaurant and opened fire in the 100 block of West Division, according to Chicago Police. The shooter got into a Chevrolet Tahoe and drove away south on Clark Street.

Both men were shot in the back and were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said.

Fleming, 20, was pronounced dead at the hospital at 4:55 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 100 block of North Larrabee. The 30-year-old man was in serious condition, police said.

Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) said he was working with local businesses to collect surveillance video of the shooting to aid police.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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