18-year-old Trevonne Austin shot to death in alley in Washington Park

Eighteen-year-old Trevonne Austin was shot to death in the Washington Park neighborhood on the Tuesday night.

Austin was in an alley in the 5700 block of South Calumet about 8:10 p.m. when someone walked up and shot him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A resident of the 7900 block of South Aberdeen, Austin was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9 p.m. from a gunshot wound to the trunk, according to the medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled a homicide.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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