Man shot dead near grade school in Lawndale

Frazier International Magnet School is on the block where the shooting occurred.

Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

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A man was fatally shot Wednesday morning near a grade school in Lawndale on the West Side.

Officers found Dexter Derrell Dardon, 41, lying in the street with several gunshot wounds around 5:15 a.m. in the 4000 block of West Grenshaw Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Frazier International Magnet School is located on the same block where the shooting occurred.

Police reported no arrest.

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