Man fatally shot on sidewalk in Auburn Gresham

The man, 39, was outside about 9:20 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Kerfoot Avenue when he was shot.

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A man was shot and killed Sunday on a sidewalk in Auburn Gresham.

Amir Martin, 39, was outside about 9:20 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Kerfoot Avenue when someone fired shots, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was shot in the chest and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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