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Man killed in Englewood: police

Dinesio Richardson, 28, was found with a gunshot wound to his neck in the 7300 block of South Oakley Avenue.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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The man had his condition stabilized after he was shot Oct. 19, 2019.

He was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center June 23.

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A 28-year-old man was killed Sunday in Englewood on the South Side.

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 3:54 a.m. and found Dinesio Richardson lying outside in the 7300 block of South Oakley Avenue with a gunshot wound to his neck, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead at 4:38 a.m., police said.

An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the back, the medical examiner’s office said.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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