Police said the shooting happened in the South Austin neighborhood's 5200 block of West Madison Street at about 1:45 p.m.
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A 19-year-old man was a passenger in a vehicle with four other people, police said. One of those people, identified only as male, fired a single gunshot, striking the victim.
The shooter and two other people then got out of the vehicle and fled on foot, police said.
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Police said the victim was transported in critical condition to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No one is in custody and Area Four detectives are investigating.
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