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Man found fatally shot in Englewood: police

Officers found the man unresponsive on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his back, Chicago police said.

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Chicago police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting Nov. 13, 2020, in the 5900 block of South LaSalle Street. 

Chicago police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting Nov. 13, 2020, in the 5900 block of South LaSalle Street.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man was killed in a shooting Friday in Englewood on the South Side, police said. 

Officers responded to a call of a person down about 4 p.m. in the 5900 block of South LaSalle Street and found the man unresponsive on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his back, Chicago police said. 

Victor A. Garcia DeAlba was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Chicago police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting Nov. 13, 2020, in the 5900 block of South LaSalle Street. Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting Nov. 13, 2020, in the 5900 block of South LaSalle Street.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

No arrests have been reported. Area One detectives are investigating. 

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

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