Man shot dead in Little Village

Paramedics took him to Mt. Sinai Hospital with gunshots to his face, abdomen and chest.

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A man was fatally shot March 5, 2020, in the 2300 block of South St. Louis Avenue in Little Village.

A man was fatally shot March 5, 2020, in the 2300 block of South St. Louis Avenue in Little Village.

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A 31-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday on a sidewalk in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

Ivan Vega-Lopez was walking about 8 a.m. in the 2300 block of South St. Louis Avenue when someone shot him three times, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Paramedics took him to Mt. Sinai Hospital with gunshots to his face, abdomen and chest, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at 8:29 a.m.

Police said they are conducting a homicide investigation. No one is in custody.

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