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Man killed during in drive-by shooting in Fuller Park

The 33-year-old was standing on the porch of a home in the 4100 block of South Wells Street when a car drove by and someone inside opened fire.

By Sun-Times Wire

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

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting early Thursday in Fuller Park on the South Side.

Turon Taylor, 33, was standing on the porch of a home in the 4100 block of South Wells Street when a car drove by and someone inside opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was struck in the head and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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