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1 killed,17 wounded, in shootings Wednesday in Chicago

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The fatal attack happened in West Pullman.
Seventeen people were shot, one fatally, Wednesday in Chicago, including a man who was shot to death inside a West Pullman home on the Far South Side. The man,34, was inside a home about 4 p.m. when two gunmen entered and opened fire in the first block of East 118th Place, Chicago police said. He was struck in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as Maurice Morris by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. In non-fatal shootings, two men were shot in Gresham on the South Side. About 11:30 p.m., they were standing on the street in the 8100 block of South Elizabeth Street, when someone inside a passing black sedan fired shots at them, police said. A 19-year-old man was struck in the left leg and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition. A 46-year-old man was struck in the right arm and taken to the same hospital in good condition. Minutes prior, two men were shot in South Chicago on the South Side.

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