Man shot to death in Back of the Yards

SHARE Man shot to death in Back of the Yards
hermitage_032316_01.jpg

A 19-year-old man who had been shot in the back of the head was found lying unresponsive in an alley in the 5300 block of South Hermitage early Wednesday, March 23, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

A 19-year-old man was shot to death early Wednesday in the Back of Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Officers called to perform a well-being check at 12:24 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Hermitage found the victim lying unresponsive in the alley, according to Chicago Police.

Armani Dickinson of the 13000 block of South Ellis had suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:39 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Technicians with Allied Services remove the body of a 19-year-old man who was shot in the head in the 5300 block of South Hermitage early Wednesday, March 23, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Technicians with Allied Services remove the body of a 19-year-old man who was shot in the head in the 5300 block of South Hermitage early Wednesday, March 23, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

The Latest
White Sox starter Chris Flexen delivered the best start of his season, throwing five scoreless innings, three walks and two strikeouts in Friday’s 9-4 win over the Rays.
Notes: Lefty Justin Steele threw in an extended spring training game Friday.
Imanaga held the Red Sox to one run through 6 1/3 innings in the Cubs’ 7-1 win Friday.
Hundreds of protesters from the University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago and Roosevelt University rallied in support of people living in Gaza.
Xavier L. Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder in the early Sunday slaying of Huesca in the 3100 block of West 56th St., court records show.