Person shot to death in Gary

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A person was shot and killed Monday afternoon in northwest Indiana.

Officers were dispatched to the 3100 block of West 22nd Avenue in Gary at 5:43 p.m. and found the male with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Coroner’s Office said in a statement. He was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m.

The death was ruled a homicide, the coroner’s office said. Gary police did not immediately respond to a request for details.

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