Man gunned down in car in Austin

The 31-year-old unidentified man was killed Tuesday morning when four assailants left their sedan and opened fire in the 200 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue.

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A man was shot and killed Tuesday morning on the West Side.

Sun-Times file

A 31-year-old man sitting inside a parked vehicle was fatally shot Tuesday morning in Austin on the West Side.

About 9:30 a.m. he was in the 200 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue when four assailants exited a sedan and opened fire, Chicago police said.

The still-unidentified man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body and was dropped off at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The gunmen returned to the car and sped away south, officials said.

No one was in custody.

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