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Sammy McGowan, 28, Dies In Woodlawn Shooting

By Kelly Bauer | June 28, 2017 7:21am | Updated on June 30, 2017 12:14pm

CHICAGO — A 28-year-old man was shot to death in Woodlawn on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

At 4:56 p.m., the man was standing outside in the 6500 block of South University Avenue when a white SUV pulled up and two people got out and fired shots, police said.

The man was hit in his neck and chest and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

The man was identified as Sammy McGowan, of the 5000 block of West Jackson Boulevard, in Cook County Medical Examiner's Office records. McGowan was pronounced dead at 5:44 p.m. and an autopsy showed he died from multiple gunshots wounds in a homicide.

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

No one was in custody.