Man, woman found shot to death in Southwest Side home

Authorities early Monday found a man and a woman shot dead in a Southwest Side home, and elsewhere, a man who was shot twice while walking outside on the West Side Monday morning, officials said.The man and woman were found in the home in the Brighton...

Man, woman found shot to death in Southwest Side home

Authorities early Monday found a man and a woman shot dead in a Southwest Side home, and elsewhere, a man who was shot twice while walking outside on the West Side Monday morning, officials said.

The man and woman were found in the home in the Brighton Park neighborhood Monday morning, Chicago police said.

Police were called to the 2500 block of West 46th Street around 7:30 a.m., according to police.

It wasn't clear how long the bodies had been there or when the shooting took place.

Officials said the woman was 33 years old and had been shot in the torso. She was pronounced dead at the home.

The man also was pronounced dead at the location, after having been shot in the head. Authorities did not say how old he was.

In other shootings:

  • About 3:40 p.m. in the Marquette Park neighborhood, a 20-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 2400 block of West 71st Street, according to police. Someone came up to him and shot him, then fled. The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was in good condition.
  • Just after 8 a.m. on the West Side, a 25-year-old man was shot in what police said was a drive-by shooting. He was struck three times, once in the left hip, another in the right to middle part of his back and he also was grazed on his right side, police said. Authorities said the shooter was a riding in a black SUV.

No one was in custody in the shootings. 

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