Man shot multiple times, killed in Englewood

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Police investigate a fatal shooting Sunday night in the 5700 block of South Sangamon. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man was killed in a shooting Sunday evening in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

Tramaine Taylor, 40, was discovered on a street about 7 p.m. by officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 5700 block of South Sangamon Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Taylor was shot multiple times in the face and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, according to authorities. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Taylor lived a block away from where he was shot, authorities said.

Area South detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

Police investigate a fatal shooting Sunday night in the 5700 block of South Sangamon. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate a fatal shooting Sunday night in the 5700 block of South Sangamon. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate a fatal shooting Sunday night in the 5700 block of South Sangamon Street. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate a fatal shooting Sunday night in the 5700 block of South Sangamon Street. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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