Man fatally shot in West Garfield Park

The man, 42, was standing outside in the 300 block of South Pulaski Road when someone in a dark car drove by and an occupant began shooting.

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A man was shot and killed late Wednesday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.

Ricky Donnell Flowers Jr., 42, was standing outside just before 11:30 a.m. in the 300 block of South Pulaski Road when someone in a dark car drove by and an occupant began shooting, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The unidentified man suffered a gunshot wound to the lower back and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No arrests were reported.

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