June 15--A 22-year-old man shot in the head last Wednesday on the Southwest Side has died, the Cook County medical examiner's office said Monday.
Arkeem E. Shepherd, of the 1200 block of West 71st Place, in Chicago, was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the medical examiner said.
He died of a gunshot wound to the neck, according to an autopsy, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Chicago police had found the 22-year-old man unresponsive on the ground about 12:55 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of West 63rd Street in the Marquette Park neighborhood. He was found about three blocks from the Chicago Lawn District police station.
He was taken to Advocate Christ in critical condition, police said.
