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Man found shot to death in Bridgeport

Circumstances of the incident are unknown, but detectives are investigating the death as a homicide, according to police.

By Sun-Times Wire

An evidence marker. — A 26-year-old man was found fatally shot in Bridgeport early Saturday.

A man was found dead with a gunshot wound Saturday morning in Bridgeport.

Matthew Roosevelt Mack, 26, was found about 2:50 a.m. in the 2900 block of South Poplar Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head, Chicago police said.

Circumstances of the shooting were unknown, but detectives were investigating the death as a homicide, according to police.

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