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Man found shot to death in Lawndale

Officers received a report of shots fired in the 3900 block of West Flournoy Street about 1:10 a.m.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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A man was found with a fatal gunshot wound early Saturday in the Lawndale neighborhood.

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

Sun-Times file

A man was found shot to death early Saturday in the Lawndale neighborhood.

Officers received a report of shots fired in the 3900 block of West Flournoy Street about 1:10 a.m. and found the 32-year-old unconscious on the ground, according to Chicago police.

Christopher Patterson suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

No one was in custody.

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