Man dies days after Grand Crossing shooting

Leshaun Smith was shot Jan. 15 in the 7500 block of South Langley Avenue, authorities said.

A 17-year-old boy was shot May 30, 2022, in South Shore.

A man died Jan. 18, 2021, after being wounded in a shooting days earlier in Grand Crossing.

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A man who was wounded in a double shooting last week in Grand Crossing on the South Side has died.

Leshaun Smith, 21, was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m. Monday at the University of Chicago Medical Center, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

On Jan. 15, he was in the 7500 block of South Langley Avenue when someone unleashed gunfire, striking him multiple times, Chicago police said. Another man was also shot in the incident.

An autopsy found Smith died from his gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said. He lived in Cottage Grove Heights.

No arrests have been reported.

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