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Man, 26, fatally shot outside Bronx chicken restaurant

Crime scene in front of closed store fronts.
A man was shot outside a fried chicken joint in the Bronx, police said Thursday. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Daily News)
New York Daily News
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A 26-year-old man was killed Thursday in a shooting outside a Kennedy Fried Chicken store in the Bronx, police said.

Police were called around 10:55 a.m. to the address on W. Kingsbridge Road near Webb Ave. in Kingsbridge Heights, across from the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center.

At the scene, officers discovered the victim with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso.

Medics rushed him to St. Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved.

The victim’s name was not released as police worked to track down his family.

There were no immediate arrests.