Man killed in Southeast Side shooting

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A man was shot to death Friday morning on the Southeast Side.

Maurice Nelson, 35, was standing on a corner at 11:44 a.m. in the 10000 block of South Avenue L when someone started shooting at him, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Nelson was shot in the face and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

An autopsy found he died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Area South detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

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