Man fatally shot during argument in Washington Park

The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

At least 26 people were shot in Chicago in the first night of the weekend.

Sun-Times file

A man was fatally shot during an argument Tuesday in Washington Park on the South Side.

Just before 10 a.m., Rendiz Lipscomb, 31, was arguing with someone outside in the 6000 block of South Indiana Avenue when the person opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Lipscomb suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

There was no one in custody.

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