Police: Man fatally struck by unmarked police car in South Shore

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(CHICAGO) A man was struck and killed by an unmarked police car early Wednesday in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

The man, described only as an adult, was hit by the unmarked squad car traveling eastbound in the 2800 block of East 79th Street about 1:15 a.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not confirm the fatality at 2:50 a.m.

More details were not available early Wednesday.

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