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Man Fatally Shot in West Lawn

By DNAinfo staff
June 28, 2013 7:54am | Updated June 28, 2013 7:54am
Freddy Lara, 31, was shot in the 3600 block of West 64th Place Thursday night. (File photo)
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CHICAGO — A 31-year-old man is dead after he was shot in his stomach Thursday night in West Lawn, police said.

Freddy Lara, of the 3600 block of West 64th Place, was shot in the same block shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, said Officer John Mirabelli, a police spokesman.

Lara was pronounced dead at 10:43 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. It is unclear where he was pronounced dead.

Lara is a documented gang member, Mirabelli said.

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