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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Man fatally shot in Oakland; person being questioned: police

A man in his 20s was shot Jan. 28, 2021 in Oakland. | Sun-Times file photo

A person is being questioned after a 26-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in Oakland on the South Side.

The man was inside a building about 3:25 p.m. in the 3500 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when a person approached him and fired shots, Chicago police said.

He was struck multiple times in the body and transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released information on the fatality.

Detectives have brought a man in for questioning about the shooting, police said.

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

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