Man, 56, shot dead in Auburn Gresham

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A 56-year-old man was shot to death in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Friday evening on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.

About 5:25 p.m., Carl Jackson was chased into a hallway of an apartment building in the 1000 block of West 77th Street, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Once inside, the male who chased him shot Jackson several times.

Jackson, who lived on the same block, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:45 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

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