Crime & Safety

2 Men Shot To Death In Little Village Auto Shop

A gunman shot two people in their heads at a West Side body shop, police said.

CHICAGO, IL — Two people were found dead in an auto shop in the city's Little Village neighborhood Saturday, police said. The victims were shot in Auto Body Castenada in the 3300 block of South Lawndale Avenue, according to police. Their bodies were found just before 6 p.m. Saturday.

Both victims were found with gunshot wounds to their heads, police said. Dozens of officers responded to the shooting.

One of the victims was identified as 56-year-old Gilberto Casteneda, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. Castenada and a 33-year-old man were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The identity of the 33-year-old has not been released.

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No one was in custody as of Monday morning and the investigation was ongoing.

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