Man dies after Bronzeville shooting

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A man died after he was shot Tuesday night in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.

Timothy Hill, 25, was standing in the back yard of a home in the 600 block of East Bowen Avenue at 8:24 p.m. when another male walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Hill suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:14 a.m. Wednesday, according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 500 block of East 40th Street.

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