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Sydney Caldwell, 26, Killed In Austin Shooting

By Kelly Bauer | July 28, 2017 11:49am

CHICAGO — A 26-year-old man was killed in a shooting Wednesday in Austin, police said.

At 4:30 p.m., the man was in a car in the 4700 block of West Maypole Avenue when several people walked up to him and fired shots, police said.

The man was hit in his stomach and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Sydney Caldwell, of the 4700 block of West West End Avenue, was pronounced dead at 5:04 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy showed he died from multiple gunshot wounds in a homicide.

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

No one was in custody.