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Man Shot Dead In Far South Side Drive-By

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A 20-year-old man was shot to death early Tuesday during a drive-by shooting on the Far South Side block where he lived.

Jerrelle Samuels was sitting on the front porch of a home in the 300 block of East 134th Street when gunfire erupted from a dark-colored sedan that passed by about 12:30 a.m., authorities said.

Samuels, who lived on the same block where he was killed, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

No one was in custody as Area South detectives investigated.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2013. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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