Man killed by gunfire in Roseland

The man, 27, was shot in the neck Saturday evening and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

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A man was shot and killed Saturday near the front of a residence in Roseland on the Far South Side.

The man, 27, was shot in the neck about 6:15 p.m. outside a home in the 400 block of West 104th Street, Chicago police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He was identified as Lamonte Johnson by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No further information about the shooting was immediately available.

No one was in custody.

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