John and Willie Hunter, brothers from Missouri, died Sunday morning after shots were fired at an SUV in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
John Hunter, 25, and his 31-year-old brother Willie Hunter were sitting inside a Chevrolet SUV about 6:10 a.m. in the 8800 block of South Bishop, when a male suspect walked up and opened fire, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The SUV—driven by the younger brother—sped away, but then crashed into a building in the 1600 block of West 89th, authorities said.
John Hunter, of the 300 block of East Ashley Street in Jefferson City, Mo., suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 7 a.m., authorities said.
Willie Hunter, of the 1200 block of East High Street in Jefferson City, was discovered unresponsive in the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
It was not immediately known whether the older brother died from gunshot wounds or injuries suffered in the crash. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire