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A man who was fatally shot Friday morning in San Francisco’s Mission District has been identified as 26-year-old Reynaldo Cordova, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The shooting was reported at 1:49 a.m. near the intersection of 23rd and Harrison streets.

The San Francisco man got into a verbal argument with a suspect who then fired four or five shots, striking Cordova in the back, according to police.

Paramedics responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.

The suspect, believed to be a male between 16 and 18 years old, fled in a green late-model Subaru Outback, police said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to call the Police Department’s anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or send a tip by text message to TIP411.

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