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Man Shot To Death In North Lawndale

CHICAGO -- A man was shot to death Sunday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

The 23-year-old man was sitting in the driver's seat of a parked minivan in the 1300 block of South Kedzie when a silver car drove slowly by and someone inside opened fire at 10:48 a.m., according to Chicago Police.

He was shot multiple times and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. His name has not yet been released.

The silver car headed south on Kedzie after the shooting, police said.

A police source said the victim was a documented gang member and the shooting is thought to be gang-related.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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