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Deangelo Pleasant, 21, Killed In Austin Shooting

June 24, 2017 8:16am | Updated June 24, 2017 8:16am

CHICAGO — A 21-year-old man was killed after being shot on a porch in Austin Friday evening, police said.

The incident occurred at 6:34 p.m. in the 4700 block of West West End Avenue.

The man was on a porch when two gunmen got out of a yellow vehicle and shot at him. The gunmen then got away in the vehicle.

The victim was shot in his head and taken to Stroger Hospital.

Deangelo Pleasant, of suburban Cicero, was pronounced dead at 9:28 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy showed he died from a gunshot wound in his head in a homicide.

No one is in custody.

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