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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago man fatally shot in Griffith, Ind.

A 30-year-old Chicago man was found fatally shot Oct. 25, 2020, in Griffith, Ind. | Sun-Times file photo

A 30-year-old Chicago man was found fatally shot Sunday morning in Griffith, Indiana.

About 5 a.m., officers received an anonymous call saying a man was lying in the street in the 1900 block of Park West Boulevard, Griffith police said. Upon arrival, they found the man lying between a parking lot and an apartment building with multiple gunshot wounds.

The man, later identified as Preston Billings, of Austin, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation by Griffith police.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 219-924-7503 or Griffith police’s anonymous tip line at 219-922-3085.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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