Man found fatally shot in West Garfield Park

The 54-year-old had been shot twice in his abdomen, police said Tuesday.

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An unidentified 54-year-old man was found with two gunshot wounds to his abdomen in the 800 block of South Kolmar Avenue Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.

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A man was found shot and killed in West Garfield Park Tuesday morning, police said.

Kelly Hayes, 54, was found with two gunshot wounds to his abdomen in the 800 block of South Kolmar Avenue around 7:40 a.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was initially listed in critical condition and later died

No arrests have been made.

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