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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Man killed in Austin neighborhood shooting

Sun-Times file photo

A man was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in Austin on the West Side, police said.

A gunman in a black Jeep fired shots at the man as he stood on a sidewalk in the 5500 block of West Corcoran Place, according to Chicago police.

The man, 25, was shot about 1 p.m. and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released details.

Chicago police’s 15th District, which covers Austin, has reported 28 shootings this year through March 28, according to police statistics. That’s one less shooting than the district saw over the same period in 2020.

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

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