1 Dead, Teen Wounded In Park Forest Shooting

PARK FOREST, IL — A 22-year-old Chicago man was killed and a 17-year-old boy from Park Forest seriously wounded in a shooting that occurred on Western Avenue in Park Forest on Thursday, police said.

Park Forest police responded to the scene in the 23400 block of Western around 4 p.m. and found the fatal victim "unresponsive" with a gunshot wound to the head.

Both victims were taken to Franciscan Health St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed a death but had not yet been identified the fatal victim as of Thursday night.

The South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force and Illinois State Police Crime Scene Investigation Unit are helping Park Forest police in the investigation.