Man, 21, shot dead by stray bullet in Riverdale neighborhood

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A man died after he was struck by a stray bullet Tuesday evening in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side, authorities said.

Witnesses told investigators that 21-year-old Aaron Gordon was shot by someone firing from a light-colored sedan into another vehicle at 5:18 p.m. in the 200 block of East 132nd St., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Gordon was sitting in a parked vehicle nearby when he was shot in his face, police said. He was not thought to be the intended target of the shooting.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 6:39 p.m., authorities said. He lived in south suburban County Club Hills.

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