By DANIEL BROWN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
An officer fixes the crime scene tape at the scene of a homicide early Monday in the Austin neighborhood. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times
Aetiris Gladney was killed and another man wounded in an Austin neighborhood shooting late Sunday, authorities said.
The men were at a house party about 11:50 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Jackson when shots rang out, according to Chicago Police.
The younger man, identified as the 18-year-old Gladney, was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived on the same block as the shooting.
The older man, 33, suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and right leg, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. He was not cooperating with investigators, police said.
One witness, who preferred to remain anonymous, said he was doing laundry at his mom’s house on the block when he heard shots. He then walked outside and saw the victim lying in a front lawn nearby.
An officer fixes the crime scene tape at the scene of a homicide early Monday in the Austin neighborhood. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times
Police investigate the scene of the homicide early Monday in the Austin neighborhood. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times
“He was totally not moving — no movement,” he said.
A woman who identified herself as Gladney’s aunt could be seen standing with a man outside of the crime scene tape at the corner of Jackson and Lavergne. She said she was with her son, a cousin of both shooting victims, and they found out about the shooting when a family member called them. They also asked to remain anonymous.
“This is a high crime area,” the man said. “That’s why we got out of the area.”
The aunt said the 18-year-old, her nephew, worked for a steel mill. “He’s a church-going person and a hard-working young man.”