Man found shot to death in Washington Heights

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A man was found shot to death Tuesday night in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Officers responding to a call of a person shot at 8:26 p.m. found 23-year-old Marcus Childs in the 1000 block of West 103rd Street, according to Chicago Police. He had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:54 p.m.

Childs was found unresponsive in a vehicle, according to Toya Smith, the man’s aunt. He lived in south suburban Calumet City.

On Wednesday, the Cook County medical examiner’s office listed Childs as a 29-year-old who lived in the West Englewood neighborhood.

Area South detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

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