Man fatally shot in West Pullman

Officers found Charles McFee unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest, authorities said.

Six people were shot, two fatally, Jan. 21, 2021 in Chicago.

A 48-year-old man was shot and killed August 14, 2020, in West Pullman.

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A 48-year-old man was shot to death Friday in West Pullman on the Far South Side.

Officers found him unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest about 8:13 p.m. in the back of a home in the 11600 block of South Peoria Street, Chicago police said.

The man, identified as Charles L. McFee, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in West Pullman.

An autopsy conducted Saturday confirmed McFee died of his gunshot wound, the medical examiner’s office said. His death was ruled a homicide.

Area Two detectives are investigating.

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