Man found fatally shot near gangway of residence in South Shore

The man, 40, was attacked in the 7500 block of South Yates Boulevard.

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A man was found fatally shot Dec. 12 on the Far South Side.

Sun-Times file

A man was found fatally shot Sunday afternoon in South Shore on the Far South Side.

Anthony Whitehead, 40, was found about 3:35 p.m. near the gangway of a residence in the 7500 block of South Yates Boulevard, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office

Whitehead was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No one was in custody.

Thirty-one people have been killed in South Shore so far this year — three fewer murders than what the community had for all of last year, according to Sun-Times data.

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