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Police: 2 Dead, 1 Wounded In Back Of The Yards

(CBS/STMW) -- Two of three males shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Sunday afternoon are dead, according to Chicago Police News Affairs

The three were shot in the 5100 block of South May at 3:42 p.m., police said. A 29-year-old man was fatally shot in the back, a 24-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest and a 25-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in both legs and the right arm.

The Cook County medical examiner's office could not confirm the deaths.

The shooting may have been a drive-by, police said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2014. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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