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Man fatally shot in South Shore

The man was on a sidewalk in the 7800 block of South Phillips Avenue when he was shot mutiple times, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood.

Marcel Edwards, 18, was on the sidewalk in the 7800 block of South Phillips Avenue when someone shot him multiple times, according to Chicago police.

He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Area detectives were investigating.

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