Man, 25, shot to death during fight in Austin

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A man was killed in a shooting that unfolded during a brawl Saturday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said.

Terry Green, 25, was fighting with several others at 2:57 a.m. Saturday on a street in the first block of South Lavergne, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Police investigate the scene where a 25-year-old man was shot and killed during a street brawl, Saturday morning, in the first block of South Lavergne, in the Austin neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate the scene where a 25-year-old man was shot and killed during a street brawl, Saturday morning, in the first block of South Lavergne, in the Austin neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A male in a silver SUV fired gunshots at the fighting crowd and struck Green in the neck, authorities said.

Green, who lived in Maywood, later died at Stroger Hospital, authorities said. No one is in custody.

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