Earlier Friday morning in the city's South Shore neighborhood, Cesero Smith says he was walking with his brother near a gas station when they heard gunshots.



"We said, 'Hold on what's that?' and they started shooting at us," Smith said. "I fell. I thought I was hit."



He wasn't, but his brother Cedric Goodwin was hit in the abdomen, back and left leg when the gunfire erupted around 9 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Euclid Avenue, across the street from South Shore International College Prep.



Goodwin was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition where he was later pronounced dead, according to police.



Larry Williams, 26, said he heard 10 shots and ran outside to see his friend shot.



"I woke up. . . and I saw him laying on the ground," Williams said. "I was trying to help him call police and stuff. This is crazy. This don't make no sense."



Kenny Roper, who works at a clinic nearby, said a customer came in and said he had just heard gunshots.



"Someone at the gas station was telling me, 'Dial 911, he's hit," Roper said. "I went over towards him and he was laid on his stomach in pain."



Police reported no one in custody, but said the shooting did not appear to involve anyone at the school.