Man found dead in Chatham alley hours after shooting

The man, 43, was found with a gunshot wound to his head in the 7500 block of South Saint Lawrence Avenue Wednesday morning, police said.

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A man was found dead in an alley in Chatham hours after he was shot early Wednesday in the Chatham neighborhood.

Gregory Dobbins, 43, was found with a gunshot wound to his head in the 7500 block of South Saint Lawrence Avenue at 6:25 a.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. There was a ShotSpotter notification of gunfire around 12:40 a.m., but the man was not found until later that morning, police said.

Police reported no arrests.

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