Cook County sheriff’s police said Tuesday they are investigating two recent homicides in the south suburbs, including one that left a 16-year-old boy dead.
On Saturday, a 31-year-old Ford Heights man, Markus Simmons, suffered gunshot wounds at an address in the 1400 block of Diplomat Street, according to the Lake County, Indiana, coroner’s office.
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He was pronounced dead shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday at Franciscan Health Dyer and his death ruled a homicide, according to the coroner.
In a separate shooting, 16-year-old Damien Meyers died from a gunshot wound in the 1600 block of Glenwood-Dyer Road in unincorporated Cook County, near Lynwood.
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He was pronounced dead shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday at Franciscan Health, and his death ruled a homicide, according to the coroner.
Sheriff’s police said that no additional information was immediately available regarding the shootings.
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