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Man shot to death while standing in kitchen of West Town home

The 20-year-old was hit by gunfire that came from the alley in the 2100 block of West Maypole Avenue, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Two men were shot, one fatally, May 3, 2022 in Chicago. — A man was shot to death May 8, 2022 on the Near West Side.

A man was shot to death Sunday night while standing in the kitchen of a West Town home.

Jayarion Huddleston, 20, was hit by gunfire that came from the alley in the 2100 block of West Maypole Avenue about 9:35 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s said.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died, police said.

No one was in custody.

He was one of six people killed by gunfire in Chicago over the weekend.

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