Man shot to death in Fernwood

Kerion Watson, 19, was shot multiple times at 2:19 a.m. while standing on the sidewalk in the first block of West 104th Place, according to Chicago police.

A man was killed in a shooting Oct. 27, 2019, in the first block of West 104th Place in Fernwood.

A man was killed in a shooting Oct. 27, 2019, in the first block of West 104th Place in Fernwood.

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A man was killed in a shooting Sunday in Fernwood on the Far South Side.

Kerion Watson, 19, was shot multiple times at 2:19 a.m. while standing on the sidewalk in the first block of West 104th Place, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Watson was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Autopsy results released Monday found he died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

No one is in custody as Area South detectives investigate.

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