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Aug 9, 2008 8:53 pm US/Central

2 Shot on South Side, 1 Fatality

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― Two 19-year-old men were shot -- one fatally -- during a robbery Friday night in the South Side's Park Manor neighborhood.

Emergency crews responded to a shooting at 7100 S. King Dr. about 10:28 p.m., according to Fire Media Affairs Asst. Director Eve Rodriguez said.

Two 19-year-olds were shot at that location, according to police.

One was dead on the scene with a gunshot wound to the face, according to police News Affairs Officer David Banks. The victim was identified as Marshaun Melchor, of 7056 S. Eberhart Ave., according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. Melchor was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:35 a.m.

The other victim was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Rodriguez said. That man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, Banks said.

The shooting was a robbery and it appears the people involved were playing a dice game, according to Calumet Area detectives.

No one was in custody for the shooting as of 6 p.m. Saturday.

Calumet Area detectives are investigating.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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