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Man shot to death in Washington Park home

The 19-year-old was inside a home about 5:35 p.m. in the 5700 block of South Indiana Avenue when someone fired shots.

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 shot to death Saturday in a Washington Park home, police say.

Emmanuel Scott, 19, was inside the home about 5:35 p.m. in the 5700 block of South Indiana Avenue when someone fired shots, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the head, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No arrests were announced.

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