Man fatally shot in Fernwood on Far South Side

A friend told police he was inside a home when he heard a shot and ran out to find the man with a gunshot wound to the head.

Police investigate a homicide about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in the 9100 block of South Ellis Ave in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times — A 29-year-old man was fatally shot Sept.14, 2021, in Fernwood.

A man was fatally shot early Tuesday in Fernwood on the Far South Side.

Brandon Gray, 29, was attacked about 12:45 a.m. while with two other people in the 200 block of West 107th Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

A friend told police he was inside a home when he heard the shot and ran out to find him with a gunshot wound to the head.

The man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

Next Up In Crime

Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80

1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Cook County judge ‘refused to speak’ with police investigating another judge

CPD shifting cops to more violent beats as summer approaches

Woman claims self-defense in murder of rapper Johnny May Cash, says he beat her

Man killed in Back of the Yards shooting