Crime

Man shot to death in Gage Park

By Sun-Times Wire

Screen_Shot_2015_06_10_at_2.46.29_AM_999x561.jpg — Police investigate a fatal shooting early Wednesday in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. | Network Video Productions

A manwas shot to death early Wednesday near his home in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said.

Devonte Terry, 19,was shot in the back and found unresponsive in the 5600 block of South Artesian at 12:44 a.m., policeand the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Terry, who lived in the same block, was dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

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