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Fifteen people were shot, four of them fatally, Wednesday in Chicago including a man who was shot to death in Lawndale on the West Side, according to police.
The man, 28, was sitting in a parked vehicle about 8 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots at him in the 2100 block of South Keeler Avenue, Chicago police said. He was struck in the back and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he died, police said.
Less than an hour prior, two people were shot, one fatally, in West Lawn on the Southwest Side. The males were both shot in the abdomen about 7:05 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Komensky Avenue, police said. They were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where one of the victims, a 22-year-old, died. The other victim’s age was not known.
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CHICAGO - Fifteen people were shot, four of them fatally, Wednesday in Chicago including a man who was shot to death in Lawndale on the West Side, according to police.
The man, 28, was sitting in a parked vehicle about 8 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots at him in the 2100 block of South Keeler Avenue, Chicago police said. He was struck in the back and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he died, police said.
About 3 a.m., he was walking home when he noticed a person get out of a dark-colored vehicle in the 9600 block of South Exchange Avenue, and opened fire.