Man killed in Back of the Yards shooting: policeSun-Times Wireon August 6, 2021 at 10:31 am

A man was shot to death early Friday in Back of the Yars on the South Side.

The 31-year-old man was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle with a female about 2:15 a.m. when a gunman approached on foot and opened fire in the 5200 block of South Ashland Avenue, Chicago police said.

After the shooting, the female drove to the 7600 block of South Chicago Avenue where he was picked up by paramedics, police said.

He suffered multiple gunshot wounds on the body and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. He hasn’t been identified.

No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate.

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