Man shot, killed while riding bike in University Village

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Police investigate a shooting about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, September 22, 2018 in the 1300 block of West Hastings Ave. in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A man on a bike was shot to death Saturday night in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side.

At 9:54 p.m., Gregory Brown, 35, was riding a bicycle when another male on foot shot at him in the 1300 block of West Hastings, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Brown was shot in the shoulder and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m., authorities said. He lived a block away from where he was shot.

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

Police investigate a homicide about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, September 22, 2018 in the 1300 block of West Hastings Ave. in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Police investigate a homicide about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, September 22, 2018 in the 1300 block of West Hastings Ave. in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

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