Trey’ Morris killed, second man wounded in drive-by shooting in Chatham

Trevontez “Trey” Morris was killed and another man wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday afternoon in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.

The men were walking down the street in the 8900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue at 12:38 p.m. when someone in a light-colored vehicle began shooting, according to Chicago Police.

Morris, 22, was shot in the back and chest, and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. He died there at 1:12 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the Southwest Side Ashburn neighborhood.

A 36-year-old man was shot in the left thigh and suffered a possible graze wound to the right leg, police said. He was also taken to Christ, where his condition was stabilized.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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