Man found shot to death in Austin

Officers found the man, 32, face-down on a street with multiple gunshot wounds.

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A man was found fatally shot Sunday morning on Leamington Avenue in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

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A man was found fatally shot on a street early Sunday in Austin.

Officers found Corey Evans, 32, face-down with multiple gunshot wounds just before 2 a.m. in the 700 block of South Leamington Avenue, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No arrests were made, and no other information was available.

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