Youth Gunned Down in Sauk Village

Duane McCray- Courtesy of
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by Joseph Wiszowaty

SAUK VILLAGE | Another young man was killed Saturday on the streets of Sauk Village, the third since June of this year. 

 

Duane McCray, 20, was shot in the 21700 block of Peterson Avenue in Sauk Village, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:40 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.  McCray attended Sauk Village schools and Bloom Trail High School.

 

McCray, died of the wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy performed Sunday.

 

Sauk Village police would not comment Sunday afternoon.  South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the matter.  It is not certain if this killing was in any way connected with the August shooting and murder of Nate Burns.

 

There has been ongoing banter on social media about youths from neighboring Ford Heights and Sauk Village battling back and forth.  It is not certain what they are battling about.