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Man Fatally Shot in South Austin Alley

By Josh McGhee | February 14, 2014 6:51am
 Authorities said Andre Hughes was shot multiple times in an alley.
Authorities said Andre Hughes was shot multiple times in an alley.
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CHICAGO — A 30-year-old man was fatally shot in South Austin Thursday evening.

Around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 300 block of North Central Avenue and found the man in a nearby alley with gunshot wounds in his head and back, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a police spokesman.

The man, identified as Andre Hughes, was pronounced dead at the Cook County Medical Examiner's office at 12:55 a.m. Friday. The medical examiner's office did not say where the man was from.