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Man shot to death in Englewood

Someone in a vehicle pulled up and shot 36-year-old Angelo Bronson in the chest and leg, authorities said.

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A 17-year-old girl and 18-year-old woman were shot June 13, 2020, in Back of the Yards.

A man was shot and killed May 31, 2020, in Englewood on the South Side.

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A 36-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday in Englewood on the South Side.

Someone in a vehicle pulled up and shot him in the chest and leg about 12:37 a.m. in the 6800 block of South Laflin Street, Chicago police said.

The man, identified as Angelo Bronson of Ashburn, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center at 1:11 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy conducted Sunday confirmed he died of his gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office said. His death was ruled a homicide.

No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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