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Ryan Thornton, 30, Killed In Washington Park Shooting, Officials Say

By Kelly Bauer | April 24, 2017 8:01am | Updated on April 28, 2017 11:44am

CHICAGO — Ryan Thornton, 30, was shot dead in Washington Park on Sunday, officials said.

At 12:33 p.m., the man was inside a car in the 400 block of East Garfield Boulevard when a car pulled alongside him and someone inside the car fired shots at the man, police said.

The man was hit in his left cheek, left hip and the left side of his body and taken to Stroger Hospital, police said.

Thornton, of the 6200 block of South Langley, was pronounced dead at 2 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

No one was in custody.