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Man shot dead in Chicago Lawn neighborhood on city's South West Side

By Sun-Times Media Wire
Published  May 28, 2022 4:27pm CDT
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CHICAGO - One person was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Chicago Lawn on the South West Side.

About 1:30 p.m., a male, whose age was unknown, was shot in the head in the 2400 block of West 63rd Street, Chicago police said.

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He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was later pronounced dead, police said. He has not yet been identified.

There was no one in custody.