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David Plank, 54, Shot Dead In Avalon Park, Officials Say

By Kelly Bauer | August 3, 2016 4:17pm

CHICAGO — A shooting in Avalon Park left 54-year-old David J. Plank dead on Wednesday, officials said.

At 2:21 p.m., Plank was driving in the 8400 block of South Stony Island Avenue when he was shot in his side, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a Chicago Police spokesman.

Plank crashed the car in the 8300 block of South Stony Island and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, Sweeney said.

Plank, of Oak Lawn, was pronounced dead at 3:11 p.m., according to Cook County Medical Examiner's Office records.

No one was in custody.

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