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East Garfield Park Shootout Kills Man

By Josh McGhee | December 23, 2014 7:21am
 A 23-year-old man was killed early Tuesday in a shootout in East Garfield Park.
A 23-year-old man was killed early Tuesday in a shootout in East Garfield Park.
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CHICAGO — A 23-year-old man was killed early Tuesday in a shootout in East Garfield Park.

Around 2:20 a.m., the man was in a shootout with another man in the 500 block of South Central Boulevard when he was hit in the shoulder and left leg, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Sedevic said.

A gun was recovered from the scene. No one is in custody, Sedevic said.

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