Man shot, killed in Roseland

Police responded to calls of a person shot and found a 26-year-old man between two houses in the 11500 block of South State Street about 8 p.m. Sunday.

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The 11500 block of South State Street.

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A man was killed in a shooting in Roseland on Sunday night, according to Chicago police.

Police responded to calls of a person shot and found a 26-year-old man between two houses in the 11500 block of South State Street about 8 p.m., police said. The man, who was shot multiple times in the back, was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

He was identified as Kenneth Brown by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A witness told police that two men had gotten out of a black sedan and shot the man before getting back into the car and fleeing, police said.

No one is in custody.

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