Man, 43, shot dead in West Town

Venyon Fluckers was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest, officials said.

A teenage boy was shot April 10, 2021, in Lawndale.

A 41-year-old man was found fatally shot July 11, 2020, in West Town.

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A 43-year-old man was shot to death Saturday in West Town.

The man was found with a gunshot wound to the chest about 1:32 a.m. in the 300 block of North Ashland Avenue, Chicago police said. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Venyon Fluckers, of Austin. An autopsy ruled his death a homicide, saying he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

No one is in custody as Area Three detectives investigate.

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