Man, 19, dies after being shot on South Side
He was taken to the University of Chicago Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was later pronounced dead.
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He was taken to the University of Chicago Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was later pronounced dead.
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The victim, 21, was outside with two other individuals when a group of three male suspects approached on foot and started yelling, according to police.
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza spoke with the man's family, who did not want to go on camera.
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The incident, which is still under investigation, unfolded shortly before 1 p.m. along West 90th Street near South Loomis.
Police said the victim was a passenger in a car near 95th and King around 9:45 a.m., when someone in another vehicle shot him in the neck. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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