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Man Shot And Killed In Dolton

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man was shot to death Wednesday evening less than a block from his south suburban Dolton home.

Officers were called about shots fired in the 14900 block of Irving Avenue in Dolton about 7:30 p.m., according to Dolton Police Chief Robert M. Collins Jr.

They arrived to find 26-year-old Jarrah Alexander unresponsive with a gunshot wound in the front lawn of a home, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was taken to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, where he was pronounced dead at 9:54 p.m.

Alexander lived in the same block where he was found shot, the medical examiner's office said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2016. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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