Man, 31, dies after Avalon Park shooting

A 31-year-old man was shot and critically injured Sunday night as he sat in a car in the South Side's Avalon Park neighborhood. About 11:05 p.m., a single gunshot rang out in the 8000 block of South Woodlawn Avenue, police said, citing witness accounts. When officers arrived, they spotted a car facing southbound that had crashed into a car parked at the curb.
A man in the driver's seat was bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken in "very critical" condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
Police believe two male assailants ran northbound from the scene after the shooting.
Brandon Williams, of the 8000 block of South Dante Avenue, was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m.