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Man dies a week after being shot on Chicago's Southwest Side

By Sun-Times Media Wire
Published  September 11, 2022 5:37pm CDT
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CHICAGO - A man has died after being shot in Parkview on Chicago's Southwest Side earlier this month.

Oscar Martinez, 42, was one of two people shot Sept. 2 in the 3600 block of West 85th Place, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. He died early Friday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

A second man, 38, was shot in the knee and refused medical attention, police said.

Area detectives were investigating.