Security guard shoots, kills gunman in South Shore

A security guard fatally shot a gunman who had just shot another man during a fight outside a retail store in South Shore, Chicago police said.

Just before 3 p.m., Kyle Eastes, 25, was arguing with another man, 22, in the 7100 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when Eastes drew a gun and started shooting, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. An off-duty Cook County sheriff’s officer working security at a retail store nearby then pulled out his own gun and fired shots, striking Eastes.

Eastes was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The younger man suffered a gunshot wound to the hip and was taken to the same hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.

No other details were immediately known.