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Paul Cruz, 31, Killed In East Side Shooting, Officials Say

By Kelly Bauer | November 21, 2016 7:58am | Updated on November 21, 2016 9:39am

CHICAGO — A shooting in East Side killed Paul Cruz, 31, on Sunday, officials said.

At 5 p.m., the man was standing in an alley in the 10300 block of South Avenue M when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots, said Officer Laura Amezaga, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The man was hit in his stomach and was pronounced dead at the scene, Amezaga said.

The man was a documented gang member, police sources said.

Cruz, of the same block where he was killed, was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. He was pronounced dead at 5:29 p.m.

No one was in custody.

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