Man, 30, fatally shot in East Garfield Park

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Chicago Police investigate in the 800 block of South Albany on the West Side, where 30-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night, May 28, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

A 30-year-old man was shot to death Monday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

Mosiah Johnson suffered a gunshot wound to the head at 9:09 p.m. in the 800 block of South Albany. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:42 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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The circumstances of the shooting weren’t immediately known. Witnesses told police they heard gunshots and saw a group of five juveniles running from the area, but no one saw the actual shooting, police said.

Johnson lived in the Lawndale neighborhood.

Area North detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

Chicago Police investigate in the 800 block of South Albany on the West Side, where 30-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night, May 28, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate in the 800 block of South Albany on the West Side, where 30-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night, May 28, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate in the 800 block of South Albany on the West Side, where 30-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night, May 28, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate in the 800 block of South Albany on the West Side, where 30-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night, May 28, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate in the 800 block of South Albany on the West Side, where 30-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night, May 28, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate in the 800 block of South Albany on the West Side, where 30-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night, May 28, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

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