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Man shot dead in West Rogers Park

He was walking when someone approached him and shot him in the abdomen, police said.

By Carly Behm
A boy, 16, was shot in Chicago Lawn July 16, 2020.
A person was fatally shot June 21, 2020, in West Rogers Park.
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A 20-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday in West Rogers Park on the North Side.

He was walking about 7:20 p.m. in the 6200 block of North Troy Street when someone approached and shot him in the abdomen, Chicago police said.

He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Gary Tinder. He lived in the same neighborhood where he was shot.

Area Three detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

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