Man found shot to death on Near West Side

Officers found the man with a gunshot wound to his face in the 2000 block of West Van Buren Avenue Friday morning, police say.

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A man was found shot to death Friday morning on the Near West Side, according to Chicago police.

Officers found the unidentified man with a gunshot wound to his face in the 2000 block of West Van Buren Avenue at 8:20 a.m., police said.

The man, identified as Ronald Wiley, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Additional details were not released. Police reported no arrests.

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