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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.

By David Struett

At least 26 people were shot in Chicago in the first night of the weekend.

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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