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North Lawndale Shooting Kills 30-Year-Old Man, Police Say

CHICAGO — A 30-year-old man was shot and killed in North Lawndale on Saturday, police said.

At 2:05 a.m., Lamar Watson was in the 2200 block of South Kolin Avenue when someone walked up and shot at him, police said. Watson was hit in his head.

Watson, of the 2200 block of South Kirkland, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. He was pronounced dead at 6:30 a.m.

Watson was a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody.

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