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Man shot and killed in South Lawndale

He was attacked in the 3400 block of West 30th Street, police said,

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A man was fatally shot early Tuesday in South Lawndale.

Jason Benitez, 30, was found on a sidewalk in the 3400 block of West 30th Street with a gunshot wound to the face about 1:15 a.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai, where he died, police said.

No one was in custody.

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