Man shot to death in Austin

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A man was shot to death late Tuesday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

Juwan Kemp, 26, was driving north at 11:27 p.m. in the 100 block of North Central when someone in a black SUV opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Kemp was shot in the head and body and pronounced dead at the scene at 11:42 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 10500 block of South Peoria.

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