Man shot to death in Englewood

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A 28-year-old man was shot to death Wednesday morning in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

Travis Allen was sitting in a vehicle with friends in the 5700 block of South Emerald at 10:54 a.m. when they heard gunshots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

They got out of the vehicle and started running, and Allen was shot multiple times in the torso, police said.

Allen was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:32 a.m., police said. He lived on the same block where the shooting happened.

A police source said the victim is a documented gang member.

A man was shot to death Wednesday morning in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

The 28-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle with friends in the 5700 block of South Emerald at 10:54 a.m. when they heard gunshots, according to Chicago Police.

They got out of the vehicle and started running, police said. The 28-year-old was shot multiples times in the torso.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

A police source said the victim is a documented gang member.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed the fatality, but did not release the victim’s name because his family had not been notified.

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