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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Carly Behm

Man found shot to death in Back of the Yards

A man was found fatally shot Jan. 27, 2020 in Back of the Yards. | Adobe Stock Photo

A 47-year-old man was found fatally shot Monday in Back of the Yards on the South Side, according to police.

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 8:20 p.m. in the 4500 block of South Hermitage Avenue, where they found him in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle, Chicago police said.

He had a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released details about his death.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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