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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Girl, 15, and a man fatally shot in Austin, another person critically wounded

Two people were killed and another was wounded in a shooting Nov. 20, 2022 on the West Side. (Sun-Times file)

A 15-year-old girl and a man were killed and another person critically wounded in a shooting Sunday night in Austin on the West Side.

Ruby Navarrete and Linner Tyrone Hawkins, 44, were standing with several other people in the 5800 block of West Augusta Boulevard when someone opened fire about 11:40 p.m., Chicago police said.

Navarrete, from Cicero, was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead, officials said.

Hawkins, from Gary, was shot in the chest and was taken to the same hospital, where he also died, police said.

A 39-year-old man went to West Suburban Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg, police said. He was listed in critical condition.

No one was in custody.

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