1 killed, 2 wounded in Brainerd neighborhood

One man was killed and his two companions wounded in the Brainerd neighborhood on the South Side when two men approached and opened fire, authorities said this morning.

The shooting happened at about 11:55 p.m. Monday in the 9000 block of

South Marshfield Avenue

, police said.

The three victims were standing on the sidewalk when attacked by the two men, police said, citing early reports.

All three shooting victims were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Raleigh Pritchett, 30, of the 8800 block of

South Saginaw Avenue

, who was hit in the chest, died at 3:05 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

A 37-year-old man with a graze wound to the head and a 19-year-old man with an arm wound were in good condition, police said.

No arrests had been made.

The shooting happened several blocks from where police shot and wounded a man just before this incident

Man gunned down in South Shore neighborhood

A 24-year-old man died this morning, hours after he was shot by several men in the South Shore neighborhood, police said.

Police discovered the man's body on the sidewalk about 9:36 p.m. Monday in the 7800 block of

South Shore Drive

, police said. He had been shot in the head, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office identified him this morning as Errol Grant, of the 7800 block of

South Shore Drive

.

Grant was approached by several male attackers who pulled guns and opened fire on him, police said.

He was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died at 12:25 a.m. today, police said