2 men killed in Austin drive-by shooting identified

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Monday, March 16, 2015
Two men were killed in a shooting in the city's Austin neighborhood Sunday afternoon and Chicago Police are searching for the gunman.
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Andre Chatman, 23, and Carey Hollis, 28, were killed in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's Austin neighborhood.

Police said the two men were riding in a car traveling east in the 5800-block of West North Avenue when another vehicle pulled up alongside them and opened fire around 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

Both men were wounded. Their vehicle crashed into a pole shortly after the shooting.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's office said Hollis and Chatman, both of the 1000-block of North Mayfield Avenue, were pronounced dead at the scene just before 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Autopsies are scheduled for Monday.

Area North detectives are investigating the shooting. No one is in custody.

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