Crime

Man, 20, shot to death on Near West Side

By Sun-Times Wire

Authorities investigate a fatal Near West Side shooting early Saturday. | Network Video Productions

A 20-year-old man was fatally shot early Saturday on the Near West Side, police said.

Officers found the man unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to the 1000 block of West 14th Place around 2:10 a.m. He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital. His name hasn’t been released.

Evidence markers at the scene of a fatal shooting on the Near West Side early Saturday. | Network Video Productions

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