Man dies in weekend shooting in Park Manor

The male victim was shot in his head Sunday afternoon in the 300 block of East 68th Street, police say.

A Chicago Police Department officer.

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A man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in Park Manor on the South Side.

Elijah Kane, 24, was shot in his head around 12:30 p.m. in the 300 block of East 68th Street, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Officers responded and found him lying on the ground unresponsive, a police spokesperson said.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead, police said.

He was one of at least nine people killed in weekend gun violence in Chicago.

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