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Man dies 5 days after Homan Square shooting

SHARE Man dies 5 days after Homan Square shooting
SHARE Man dies 5 days after Homan Square shooting

A man died Wednesday, five days after he was found shot on a Homan Square neighborhood sidewalk on the West Side.

Officers responding to an unrelated call about 10:30 a.m. Oct. 28 in the 3400 block of West Lexington found the 25-year-old on a corner with multiple gunshot wounds, including at least one to the head, according to Chicago Police.

Larry Matthews was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 8:22 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 1400 block of South Sawyer.

No one was in custody for the shooting Wednesday night.

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