Two men fatally shot in soccer field on Chicago's Southwest Side

Car crash happens blocks away from deadly shooting in Little Village, police say

CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men were shot to death in a soccer field just blocks away from the site of a crash involving two cars in the Little Village neighborhood Thursday morning.

In the first incident, Chicago police found two men, 29 and 27, fatally shot inside the La Villita Park soccer field in the 2800 block of South Sacramento Avenue around 2 a.m.

Both victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

No arrests were made.

Meanwhile, just blocks away around the same time, officers were at the scene of a car crash in the 3000 block of South Kedzie Avenue. One of the cars, a white sedan, appeared to have caught fire as the front end was charred.

Police say the white sedan was traveling eastbound on 31st Street when it collided with a black sedan on Kedzie.

Preliminary investigation indicated that three males ran from the white sedan. Two men and a woman were in the black sedan.

Both men were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in good condition with minor injuries. The woman was also taken to Mt. Sinai in fair condition with unknown injuries.

As of Thursday, no citations were pending. 

Police say there is no indication that both cases were connected.

The investigation remains ongoing. 

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