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Man shot, killed inside Rogers Park home

Albino Amador-Vazquez was at home in the 1600 block of West Morse Avenue when someone kicked in the door and shot him in the face.

By  Carly Behm
   
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A child was hurt in a shooting March 18, 2022, in Cragin.

A man was shot and killed in Rogers Park Dec. 21, 2019.

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A 50-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday inside a home in Rogers Park on the North Side, according to police.

Albino Amador-Vazquez was inside a home about 4:35 a.m. in the 1600 block of West Morse Avenue when a male suspect kicked in the door and opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Amador-Vazquez was shot in the face and pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy said Amador-Vazquez died of the gunshot wound to the face, according to the medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled a homicide.

No one is in custody as Area North detectives investigate.

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