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Man Killed in Back of the Yards Identified, Officials Say

By Mauricio Peña | April 30, 2015 7:47am
  A 24-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in Back of the Yards, police said.
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in Back of the Yards, police said.
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CHICAGO — A 24-year-old Berwyn man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in Back of the Yards, officials said.

Around 1:45 p.m., the man was in the 4800 block of South Winchester Avenue when someone in a red truck fired shots, striking him in the stomach, said Officer Stacey Cooper, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital where he later died, Cooper said.

Ismael Lopez, 24, of Berwyn, was pronounced before 3 p.m. at Stroger, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said.

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