Man shot to death in Back of the Yards

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A man was shot to death Sunday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Officers responding at 6:07 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 5200 block of South Sangamon found the 19-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the body, according to Chicago Police.

Korry Rogers was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:24 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 5600 block of South Throop.

An autopsy found Rogers died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.

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