21-year-old Diego Sandoval killed, second man wounded, while driving near home in Chicago Lawn


Diego Sandoval was killed and another man wounded in a shooting Monday evening in the Southwest Side Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

The men were driving south in the 2600 block of West 63rd Street at 10:10 p.m. when someone walked up to their vehicle and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

Sandoval, 21 , was pronounced dead at Holy Cross Hospital at 10:30 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Police said Sandoval, who lived just a couple of blocks away, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest.

Another bullet grazed a 26-year-old man in the chest, and his condition was stabilized at Holy Cross, according to police.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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