Man fatally shot at West Side gas station

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A 20-year-old man was shot and killed at an Austin neighborhood gas station on the West Side early Thursday.

Shortly after 2 a.m., he was outside the station in the 100 block of South Cicero when someone walked up and shot him multiple times, police said.

He was unresponsive when emergency crews arrived and later pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His identity was withheld pending family notification.

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Authorities attempt to resuscitate a man shot at an Austin neighborhood gas station early Thursday. He later was pronounced dead. | Network Video Productions

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