Man fatally shot in Oakland neighborhood

Jermone Baker, 34, was outside in the 700 block of East 38th Place about 6:35 a.m. Thursday when someone in a red sedan exited and opened fire, Chicago police said.

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A man was shot and killed May 11, 2023 on the South Side.

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A man was fatally shot Thursday morning in the Oakland neighborhood on the South Side.

Jermone Baker, 34, was outside in the 700 block of East 38th Place about 6:35 a.m. when someone got out of a red sedan and opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Baker was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center with gunshot wounds to the neck and chest, and was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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