Man dies day after Roseland shooting

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A man died Wednesday after being shot Tuesday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Jackie Roberson, 22, was shot in the head at 12:12 p.m. as he was walking out of a store in the 10700 block of South Wentworth, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Roberson, of the 10600 block of South Wentworth, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 2:39 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.

Police said the shooting may have been gang-related.

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