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Man Shot And Killed In Lawndale

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man was shot and killed early Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood.

The shooting happened about 12:50 a.m. in the 1300 block of South Harding Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.

The 22-year-old man was sitting in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle when a man got in and shot him in the back, Alfaro said.

Damian Barnes, of the 4200 block of West Van Buren Street, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 2:49 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2013. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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