Violence erupted at a West Side convenience store on Friday night, leaving two men wounded after an exchange of gunfire followed a heated argument. The Chicago Police Department rushed to the 500 block of N. Kedzie Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, a site now stitched into the sprawling tapestry of the city’s violent incidents. According to Fox 32 Chicago, the police responded to the scene just before 11:00 p.m., where they discovered two male victims.
The victims, aged 48 and 45, were found bearing the marks of bullets—an all too familiar medallion of discord in Chicago’s nightscape. The older man was reportedly shot multiple times and was listed in fair condition, while the 45-year-old suffered wounds to his back and arm, plunging him into serious condition. Both were promptly taken to Stroger Hospital, as detailed in the same report. Investigators are piecing together the narrative that led two unidentified male gunmen to draw and recklessly discharge their weapons amidst a verbal clash…