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Man, 20, killed in drive-by shooting in Little Village

By Luke Wilusz

A 20-year-old Chicago man was shot to death Saturday morning in Little Village.

The police said Giovanni Galvan was shot around 10:15 a.m. by someone who drove up as he stood on the sidewalk in the 3100 block of West 24th Street, striking him in the chest, abdomen, back and arm. He was pronounced dead shortly afterward at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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