A 19-year-old man was shot dead and another man seriously wounded Sunday night as they were driving away from a gas station in the city's Marquette Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Lemont Gogins, of the 7000 block of South Hermitage Avenue, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 8:40 p.m., Gogins was a passenger in a car leaving a gas station on the 2800 block of West 71st Street, said Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak. As the car was pulling out, a gunman walked up to the passenger side and fired several shots, striking Gogins in the head.
he other occupant of the car, also 19, suffered a wound to his shoulder and was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Kubiak said.
The shooting was possibly gang-related, Kubiak said. As of 6:30 a.m., no one was in custody for the slaying. Wentwroth Area detectives were investigating.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 8TH DISTRICT Beat 831
(Jan. 1, 2011-May 28, 2011)
Shooting- 5
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 102
Robbery- 30
Gun Arrests- 12
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