Person fatally shot in East Garfield Park

The male, whose age wasn’t known, was shot multiple times while on the street in the 2900 block of West Lexington Street.

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A 36-year-old man was killed in a South Shore shooting Saturday afternoon, police said.

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A person was shot and killed Friday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

The man, 30, was on the street in the 2900 block of West Lexington Street around 6:20 p.m. when someone fired shots at him, Chicago police said.

He suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

He was identified as Anthony Gooch by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No arrests were reported.

Area Four detectives are investigating.

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