2 killed, 1 wounded in Back of the Yards shooting

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people were killed and a third critically wounded in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.

The shooting occurred at about 7:10 a.m. in the 4900-block of South Marshfield Avenue.
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A witness told police they heard arguing followed by shots fired inside of a house.

Officers responded and found two people dead at the scene and a third person critically wounded, police said. That victim, a 28-year-old man, was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Authorities have not released the identities of the two people killed.
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Further details on the circumstances of the shooting were not immediately available.

Area One detectives are investigating. No one is in custody.
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