Rubin Austin, 25, died after being shot in the chest at 12:47 a.m. in the 3600 block of West Augusta Boulevard of the Humboldt Park neighborhood, authorities said. Austin, of the 1100 block of North Ridgeway Avenue, was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 1:38 a.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
- Sun-Times Media Wire
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