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Kentrell Thompson, 25, Killed In Goose Island Shooting, Officials Say

By Lisa White | January 28, 2017 12:56pm | Updated on January 30, 2017 8:08am
 A man was shot to death while sitting in a car at a gas station in Goose Island, police said.
A man was shot to death while sitting in a car at a gas station in Goose Island, police said.
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CHICAGO — Kentrell Thompson, 25, was shot to death in Goose Island early Saturday, officials said.

At 1:40 a.m., the man was sitting in a car at a gas station in the 1200 block of North Halsted Street when a person walking out from a gangway fired shots at the car, police said.

The man was hit in his head, police said.

Thompson, of the 800 block of North Christiana Avenue, was pronounced dead at 2:29 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

He was a documented gang member, a police source said.

No one was in custody.

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