Geovani Mexicano of Hometown killed, woman wounded in shooting during argument in Garfield Ridge

Geovani Mexicano was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting Sunday night in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The two were standing outside a parked vehicle about 9:30 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Leamington when a black Dodge Ram pulled up to them, Chicago Police said. People inside the truck began arguing with the man and woman, and someone inside the truck fired shots.

Mexicano, 27, was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:08 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in southwest suburban Hometown.

An autopsy found Mexicano died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The woman, 29, was shot in the back near her shoulder, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where her condition was stabilized.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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