Man fatally shot in Englewood

The 55-year-old was killed in a shooting in the 6700 block of South Ashland Avenue, Chicago police said.

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A man was fatally shot Saturday morning in Englewood on the South Side.

About 11 a.m., Clifton Boyd, 55, was in the 6700 block of South Ashland Avenue when someone fired from a vehicle, striking him in the body, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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

No one was in custody.

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