Man beaten to death during fight on West Side
The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.
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The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.
Chicago police said just before 11 p.m., a man, 46, and a woman, 39, were fighting in the 5400 block of West Congress Parkway in the Austin neighborhood when two other men approached and battered the man.
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