Police investigating Chicago Lawn shooting that left man dead, another critically injured

Chicago police continue to investigate a shooting that left a man dead and another critically injured Friday morning in Chicago Lawn on the South Side.

Two men, 27 and 38, were in the 6500 block of South Maplewood Avenue around 9:20 a.m. Friday when a fight broke out with someone they didn’t know, Chicago police said.

Gunfire rang out shortly after the fight began and the younger man was shot in the body while the older man was shot in the back and armpit, police said.

The younger man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said. His name hasn’t been released yet.

The older man was taken to the Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was in critical condition, officials said.

Area 1 detectives were investigating.