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Man found fatally shot in Austin

The man was found with gunshot wounds in the 500 block of North Cicero Avenue, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime scene tape. — Chicago Police block off 47th Street near Paulina after a vehicle drove on the sidewalk and damaged several gas meters early Monday, May 29, 2017. Chicago Police tape. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Police are investigating after an unidentified man was found with gunshot wounds in the Austin neighborhood Tuesday morning.

The still-unidentified man, whose age is unknown, was found outside in the 500 block of North Cicero Avenue around 10:10 a.m., according to Chicago police. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

No one is in custody and Area 4 detectives are investigating.

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