Man, 40, shot dead while standing on sidewalk in Gresham

A 40-year-old man was shot to death Monday night in the South Side Gresham neighborhood, police said.

About 9 p.m., Charles A. Betton was standing on the sidewalk in the 8200 block of South Paulina when another male walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

The man was struck multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Area South detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.