Man shot to death in Gage Park

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A man was shot to death early Sunday in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

At 1:33 a.m., the 18-year-old was driving north in the 5300 block of South Francisco when shots rang out and he was struck in the neck and back, according to Chicago Police.

Fabian Ortega, of the 3500 block of West 83rd Place, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:16 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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