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Article: W. Side man slain trying to help boy
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 22, 1991
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A 29-year-old West Side man trying to help a youth who was being
assaulted near a schoolyard Thursday afternoon was shot and killed by
the boy's assailants, police said.
Michael Payton, of the 5300 block of West Hirsch, who was shot
five times in the torso, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.
According to police Sgt. Michael Chasen, Payton was driving near
his home around 2:30 p.m. when he saw a group of youths and adults
beating a boy near Wright Elementary School, 627 N. Harding.
Payton stopped his car and got out to try to help the victim
when one youth pulled out a gun. The ...