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Man shot to death in Lawndale

The man, 56, was on the sidewalk about 5:15 p.m. in the 600 block of South California Avenue when a vehicle approached and someone inside opened fire, striking him in the head.

By Sun-Times Wire

Four people were wounded in a shooting July 1, 2022, in West Garfield Park. — A man was fatally shot July 16, 2022 on the West Side.

A man was shot to death Saturday evening in Lawndale on the West Side.

Erik Peoples, 56, was on the sidewalk about 5:15 p.m. in the 600 block of South California Avenue when a vehicle approached and someone inside opened fire, striking him in the head, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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