Man, 19, fatally shot in Austin, police say

A man was shot and killed Wednesday in Austin on the West Side, according to Chicago police.

The 19-year-old was near a sidewalk just before noon in the 5200 block of West Gladys Avenue when two people approached him and fired shots, police said in a statement.

The man suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. He was identified as Deneal Maxey by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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

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