Man, 23, fatally shot in Humboldt Park

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A man was shot and killed Monday afternoon in the Humboldt neighborhood on the West Side.

About 2:25 p.m., a gunman approached 23-year-old Master G. Roberson in the 700 block of North Hamlin and opened fire, striking him in the head and chest, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Roberson, of the 1400 block of North Linder, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:16 p.m., according to medical examiner’s office.

Police added the man was a documented gang member.

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