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Man shot dead in Dolton

Carl Kosmos, 72, was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to the medical examiner’s office.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man died after being struck by a vehicle April 15, 2021, in Roseland. — A man was killed in a shooting June 14, 2020, in Dolton.

A man was fatally shot Sunday in south suburban Dolton.

The shooting happened about 8 a.m. in the 14600 block of Lakeside Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Carl Kosmos, 72, died of a gunshot wound to the chest at 10:43 a.m. at the University of Chicago Medical Center, the medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy ruled his death a homicide.

Dolton police did not immediately provide details on the shooting.

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