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Byran Cooley, 19, Killed In Austin Shooting, Officials Say

CHICAGO — A shooting in Austin left 19-year-old Byran Cooley dead on Friday afternoon, officials said.

At 3 p.m., Cooley was a passenger in a car driving in the 600 block of South Cicero Avenue when another car drove up and someone inside fired shots, hitting Cooley, said Officer Bari Lemmon, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The driver took Cooley to Loretto Hospital, Lemmon said. Cooley, of the 5200 block of West Quincy, was pronounced dead at 3:22 p.m.., according to Cook County Medical Examiner's Office records.

No one was in custody in the shooting.

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