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Man Shot and Killed in Avalon Park Wednesday

By Mauricio Peña | December 31, 2014 4:25pm
 One man is dead after being shot multiple times in Streeterville Wednesday, police said.
One man is dead after being shot multiple times in Streeterville Wednesday, police said.
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CHICAGO — One man is dead after being shot multiple times in Avalon Park Wednesday, police said.

At 2:30 p.m., a 33-year-old man was in the 8000 block of South Stoney Island Avenue when he was approached by an unknown man, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a Chicago Police spokesman.

The armed man opened fire, striking the 33-year-old man multiple times. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Sweeney said.

The victim was identified as Reginald Jones, of the 8800 block of South Cornell Avenue. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 2:55 p.m., the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said.

No other information was immediately available.

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