3 People Shot, 2 Fatally, In Humboldt Park Neighborhood

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Three people were shot late Monday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, and two of them are dead.

The shooting happened at 5:50 p.m. in the 3600 block of West Division Street, police said.

The victims were on the corner of Division Street and Lawndale Avenue when an assailant pulled up in a black Chevrolet Equinox and shot them all, police said.

Two of the victims – one of them a 32-year-old man, the other of an unknown age – were each shot in the head and were both pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The third victim, a 26-year-old man, was shot in the left leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

Late Monday night, yellow crime scene tape was crisscrossing the street, and evidence markers were covering up shell casings.

No one was in custody late Monday and Area Four detectives were investigating.

The Humboldt Park shooting was one of at least seven on the city's West Side between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.

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