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Man, 23, Dies Day After Uptown Shooting

By Mauricio Peña | October 27, 2014 1:42pm | Updated on October 27, 2014 2:40pm
 A 23-year-old man is in grave condition after being shot in the head Monday in Uptown, police said.
A 23-year-old man is in grave condition after being shot in the head Monday in Uptown, police said.
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UPTOWN— A 23-year-old man was in grave condition after being shot in the head in Uptown Monday, police said.

Around noon, the man was driving his car in the 4700 block of North Clarendon Avenue when he was approached by three men who opened fire, striking the man on his head causing him to crash the car, said Officer Janel Sedevic.

The man was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center and listed in grave condition, Sedevic said.

Oduro Yeboah, of the 800 Block of West Belle Plaine Avenue, was pronounced dead at 6:26 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

A second victim was being treated at Weiss Memorial Hospital, Sedevic said.

Police said the incident appears to be gang related.

No one is in custody.

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