Man shot and killed in South Chicago

The 33-year-old was shot while in the 8900 block of South Brandon Avenue, police said.

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A man was shot to death early Saturday in South Chicago.

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A 33-year-old man was shot to death during a fight in the South Chicago neighborhood early Saturday, police said.

It happened about 1:30 a.m. when Julius Betton was arguing with someone he knew in the 8900 block of South Brandon Avenue, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Betton was shot in the chest and back and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, police said.

No one was in custody.

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