Waukegan man fatally shot in South Shore

The 25-year-old was standing outside about 1:10 a.m. in the 2500 block of East 79th Street when someone approached him and opened fire.

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A man was shot to death early Wednesday in the South Shore neighborhood.

D’anthony T. Purvis of Waukegan was standing outside about 1:10 a.m. in the 2500 block of East 79th Street when someone approached him and opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The 25-year-old was shot in the neck and body and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. His name hasn’t been released.

Area Two detectives are investigating.

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