Man killed in East Garfield Park shooting

Davion Stroger was walking in an alley in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue when someone in a black car fired shots in his direction.

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A 25-year-old man was fatally shot Monday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

Davion Stroger was walking in an alley in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue about 11:20 a.m. when someone in a black car fired shots in his direction, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Stroger was struck multiple times in the head, neck, chest and arm, authorities said. He was rushed to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

An autopsy released Tuesday found he died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

Area North detectives are investigating.

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