A second teen has died in a mass shooting that killed a 15-year-old boy and left three others wounded last week in North Lawndale on the West Side.
Davion Wright, 16, was pronounced dead Friday morning, two days after a gunman or gunmen opened fire at the corner of Douglas Boulevard and Christiana Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
In that same attack, Damarion L. Benson, 15, was struck in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Chicago police said.
Damarion’s mother, Brittany Benson, the 16-year-old shot in the attack was her cousin.
Three men were also taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where they were stabilized, police said.
A 22-year-old was shot in the foot and another, 24, was struck in the leg. A third man, also 24, was shot in the hip.
At least 35 other shootings this year have wounded four or more people,
Over the last five years, Chicago has recorded the most mass shootings in the nation by far, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
