A man killed in a West Englewood neighborhood shooting that also left a a 17-year-old boy wounded Monday night has been identified as a 19-year-old Taurean Dwayne Tyler, who lived less than three blocks away.
Taurean Dwayne Tyler
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Just after 7:30 p.m., Tyler and the boy were walking in the 6900 block of South Honore when a black car approached, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A male suspect got out of the car and shot Tyler in the chest, authorities said.
Tyler, who lived just a few blocks from where he was shot, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The 17-year-old suffered gunshot wounds to the buttocks and leg, and was also taken to Christ Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire