Javoun Burnes killed, two men wounded in drive-by shooting Thursday afternoon in Lawndale

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:19:11 -0600

Two men were wounded and Javoun Burnes was killed in a drive-by shooting in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood Thursday afternoon.

At 4:15 p.m., the three men were standing on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of South Homan when someone in a light colored vehicle drove up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

Burnes, 22, was shot in the chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 1900 block of West Ogden.

An 18-year-old man was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition after he was shot in the right leg, police said. A 20-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and was taken to Mount Sinai, where his condition was stabilized.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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Javoun Burnes killed, two men wounded in drive-by shooting Thursday afternoon in Lawndale