Raheem Dismukes killed, second man wounded when shots fired at their vehicle in Austin

Raheem Dismukes was killed and another man was wounded when they were shot while riding in a vehicle in the Austin neighborhood Sunday night on the West Side.

The two men were in a vehicle stopped at a stop sign at 9:08 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Mayfield when a group of males on foot began shooting, according to Chicago Police.

The 22-year-old Dismukes was shot in the face and back, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:06 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 600 block of North Laramie.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the elbow, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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