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Man killed in East Side shooting

The man, 20, was walking in the 9800 block of South Avenue L when someone opened fire.

By Sun-Times Wire

Three people were killed and nine others wounded in shootings May 17, 2021 in Chicago.

A man has died after he was shot Saturday night in the East Side neighborhood.

Anthony Daniel Casares, 20, was walking just before 10 p.m. in the 9800 block of South Avenue L when someone opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was struck in the back and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

There was no one in custody.

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