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Man shot to death in Englewood

By  Ashlee Rezin
   
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A man was shot to death early Wednesday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

James D. King, 22, was found about 12:35 a.m. lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the chest in the 6600 block of South Carpenter, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

King, a Near West Side resident, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 1:59 a.m., authorities said.

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