Man fatally shot in Chicago Lawn

A man, 27, was in the 2500 block of West 63rd Street about 6:10 p.m. Wednesday when he was shot in the head and body, Chicago police said.

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A man was fatally shot Wednesday night in Chicago Lawn on the South Side.

About 6:10 p.m., Malik Washington, 27, was in the 2500 block of West 63rd Street when he was shot in the head and body, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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