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Back Of The Yards Shooting Kills Jeremy Clark, 25, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | June 25, 2016 3:09pm | Updated on July 1, 2016 11:34am
 Jeremy Clark, 25, was shot to death in Back of the Yards, police said.
Jeremy Clark, 25, was shot to death in Back of the Yards, police said.
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CHICAGO — A shooting in Back of the Yards left a 25-year-old man dead Friday afternoon, police said.

At 4:30 p.m., police were responding to a call of a person shot in the 5000 block of South Elizabeth Street when they found the man lying on the ground, said Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police spokesman.

The man had been shot in his head. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Estrada said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Jeremy Clark, of the 5700 block of South Loomis Boulevard.

He was a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody.

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