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15-Year-Old Charged With Fatally Shooting Man During Argument in West Garfield Park

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A 15-year-old has been charged with fatally shooting a man during an argument Monday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.

The teen was arrested moments after the shooting the 43-year-old man in the 4700 block of West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago police Tuesday.

The man was struck in his armpit and leg around 11:40 a.m., and died later at Stroger Hospital, authorities said. His name hasn’t been released.

The teen, whose name wasn’t released because of his age, faces a count of first-degree murder.

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