Chicago man charged with murdering two women, 68 and 71, on South Side

The Brief

  • A 75-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting two women in Chicago’s Washington Heights neighborhood.
  • Police said William Wallace Jr. shot the victims in the chest late Saturday night before being arrested nearby minutes later.
  • The victims were identified as 68-year-old Phyllis R. Goolsby and 71-year-old Tuanna J. Thomas.

CHICAGO A man has been charged with fatally shooting two women over the weekend on Chicago’s South Side.

What we know:

William Wallace Jr., 75, shot the 68-year-old and 71-year-old women both in the chest just before 11 p.m. near 104th and Peoria streets in the Washington Heights neighborhood, according to police. They both died at the scene.

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