Shoes, gun sale led to South Shore shooting that killed 2, wounded 1: report

Two cousins were trying to sell shoes and a gun outside a South Shore apartment building Sunday evening when gunfire erupted, resulting in two men killed and a third man wounded.

The killings marked the fifth and sixth persons fatally shot over the weekend citywide, which also left nearly a dozen people wounded from gun violence.

The cousins, two men ages 24 and 26, were outside the apartment about 5:20 p.m. in the 6900 block of South South Shore Drive to sell shoes. When the older relative later tried to sell a firearm, someone began shooting, striking him in the chest, according to a Chicago police report.

He was found on the apartment driveway, while another man, 27, was found about a mile away in the 6800 block of South Constance Avenue with a gunshot wound to the neck, police said. Both were pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center. Their names haven’t been released.

A rifle and two semi-automatic handguns were found next to the 26-year-old man, the police report said.

A third man, 32, was shot in the arm and taken to the same hospital in fair condition, police said.

The 24-year-old man who was selling shoes left the scene after he was held at gunpoint in his car, according to the report.

A vehicle found in the 6800 block of South Constance Avenue was towed and held for the ongoing investigation, the report said.

No arrests have been announced.