Overview
- Police say gunfire erupted around 2:40 a.m. on the 9200 block of South Merrill Avenue.
- A 37-year-old woman standing in her backyard was shot in the thigh and back and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.
- A 31-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the 9100 block of South Merrill Avenue and was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Chicago Fire Department paramedics treated the woman before transport, according to the reports.
- Coverage identifies the area as Pill Hill or Calumet Heights, reflecting overlapping neighborhood boundaries.