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Man killed in Ford Heights shooting

A man died June 6, 2020, after he was shot in south suburban Ford Heights. | Cook County sheriff’s office Facebook photo

A man died at an Indiana hospital Saturday after he was shot in south suburban Ford Heights.

Remone Butler Jr., 27, was shot in the 1400 block of Diplomat Lane in Ford Heights, according to a statement from the Lake County, Indiana, coroner’s office.

Butler, who lived in south suburban Park Forest, was taken to Franciscan Health in Dyer, Indiana, where he was pronounced dead at 1:41 a.m., the coroner’s office said. He died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

The Cook County sheriff’s office, which handles police duties for Ford Heights, did not immediately respond to a request for details about the shooting Saturday morning.

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