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Oct 13, 2008 6:53 am US/Central

Man Slain While Smoking Cigarette Outside Bar

CHICAGO (STNG) ― A man who left a tavern to smoke a cigarette was fatally shot Sunday night in the West Englewood neighborhood.

The shooting occurred at 10:33 p.m. in the 5700 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to police News Affairs.

Bruce Peebles, 56, of 7935 S. Parnell Ave., was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:40 a.m., according to a Cook County Medical Examiner's office spokesman.

The man left the bar to smoke a cigarette and was later discovered on the street with an apparent gunshot wound to the head, police said.

No one was in custody for the shooting at 6 a.m.

(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2008. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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