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Calvin Robinson, 41, Slain In Back Of The Yards Shooting

By Erica Demarest | August 22, 2017 6:41pm
 Police said a man was shot dead in the 5200 block of South Bishop Street shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday. File photo.
Police said a man was shot dead in the 5200 block of South Bishop Street shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday. File photo.
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CHICAGO — A man was shot dead in Back of the Yards on Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

The victim was in the 5200 block of South Bishop Street at 4:58 p.m. Tuesday when a gunman walked up and opened fire, police said.

Calvin Robinson, 41, of the 5300 block of South Laflin, was pronounced dead at 5:13 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy showed he died from multiple gunshot wounds in a homicide.

Detectives described the suspect as a black man in his late 20s or early 30s wearing a white shirt and red pants.

No one was in custody.