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Man fatally shot in South Shore home

The man, 24, was shot Friday morning in the 7400 block of South Colfax Avenue, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was found with a fatal gunshot wound early Saturday in the Lawndale neighborhood.

A man was shot and killed in a South Shore home Friday morning.

Andre Hamler Jr., 24, was attacked in the 7400 block of South Colfax Avenue around 10:30 a.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was shot in his face and body and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No arrests were made.

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