Man, 19, dies after being shot during argument in Bronzeville

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A 19-year-old man died after being shot in the chest during an argument Tuesday night in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood.

Just after 8 p.m., Rodney Wilson was sitting in a vehicle in the 4700 block of South Forrestville when someone walked up and an argument ensued, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. The other person fired shots, striking Wilson in the chest.

Wilson drove himself to Provident Hospital before being transferred to Stroger Hospital, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at 7:23 a.m. Wednesday. He lived in the Roseland neighborhood.

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