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Man shot, killed while driving in Ashburn: police

A shooting Nov. 7, 2019, left a man dead in the 8100 block of South Spaulding Avenue in Ashburn. | Sun-Times file photo

A man was killed Thursday after he was shot while driving in Ashburn on the South Side, according to police.

The 21-year-old was driving about 9:50 p.m. in the 8100 block of South Spaulding Avenue when shots rang out from an unknown direction, Chicago police said.

He was struck in the chest, and he crashed into an electrical pole in the 7900 block of South Sawyer Avenue, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.

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

Area Central detectives are investigating.

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

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