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Humboldt Park Shooting Kills 42-Year-Old Man, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | March 19, 2016 9:35am

CHICAGO — A Humboldt Park shooting left a 42-year-old man dead on Friday, police said.

At 1:50 p.m., the unresponsive man was found in the 3700 block of West Division Street after shots were heard in the area, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The man, who had been shot in his chest, was taken to Norwegian American Hospital and was pronounced dead, Sedevic said.

The man was identified as Lorenzo Lonnell Lancaster, of the 3400 block of West Ohio Street, in Cook County Medical Examiner's records. Lancaster was pronounced dead at 2:38 p.m.

The victim was a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody in the shooting.

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