Man fatally struck with object in Grand Boulevard

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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A man was fatally struck early Saturday morning in Chicago’s first recorded homicide of the year on Grand Boulevard on the South Side.

About 4:30 a.m., the man, 38, was fighting with an unidentified male in the 5000 block of South State Street when he struck the man in the head with a blunt object and fled, Chicago police said. Witnesses told police the man was unresponsive.

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He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. His name hasn’t been released yet.

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