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Izat Morrar, 37, Fatally Shot In Washington Park

CHICAGO — A man was found shot to death in Washington Park on Thursday, police said.

At 3:52 p.m., the man was found lying on the sidewalk in the 5300 block of South Calumet Avenue, police said. He was bleeding from his back.

The man had been shot multiple times in his back, police said, and he was pronounced at the scene.

The man was identified as Izat Morrar, 37, of the 100 block of West Polk, in Cook County Medical Examiner's Office records. Morrar was pronounced dead at 4:10 p.m. and an autopsy showed he died from multiple gunshot wounds in his head in a homicide.

No one was in custody.