Man, 70, dies after shot during fight on South Side Red Line train

The man was arguing with someone on the train near the 87th Street station when he was shot multiple times, police said.

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A man has died after he was shot and critically wounded during a fight Saturday morning on a CTA Red Line train on the South Side.

The man, 70, was arguing with someone on the train about 6:10 a.m. near the 87th Street station when he was shot multiple times, Chicago police said.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was initially listed in critical condition, police said. He was pronounced dead Sunday just before 5 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No one was in custody.

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