It happened near South Wood Avenue before 9 a.m.
Police say Sean Garris stumbled to a neighbor's home after he was shot in the upper body, and then collapsed and died.
Garris is described by his friends as being active with the youth in the community, and had also been a former football star back at Linden High School.
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