Man fatally shot during argument over drugs in Gresham: police

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A man was shot and killed Monday in Gresham on the South Side, according to police.

Keshaun Graham, 18, was involved in an argument about marijuana in the 700 block of West 87th Street when someone pulled out a gun and fired several shots, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was struck once in the back at 4:10 p.m., according to police.

Paramedics showed up to the home and took Graham to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died, police said.

Detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. No arrests have been made.

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