19-year-old man dies after Back of the Yards shooting

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A 19-year-old man died after he was shot Sunday afternoon in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Tra’don Sanders was in the 5000 block of South Winchester at 2:10 p.m. when someone walked up and fired multiple times, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Sanders, who lived nearby, was shot in the neck and head and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead within an hour, authorities said.

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