Crime & Safety
MORGAN PARK SHOOTING: 'People Ran Leaving Victim in Street'
23-year-old man fatally shot in Morgan Park on Saturday afternoon, Chicago Tribune reports.
Gunfire erupted on the Southwest Side Saturday afternoon, leaving a 23-year-old Morgan Park man dead, the Chicago Tribune reported.
According to preliminary information, police said that two groups were gathered in the 11000 block of South Homewood Avenue around 4:45 p.m. Shots rang out and people ran leaving the shooting victim lying in the street.
The man sustained a gunshot wound in the chest, and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office reported the time of death at 5:37 p.m., according to Chicago Tribune.
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