Man shot to death in South Chicago

The man, 30, was in the 9000 block of South Escanaba Avenue about 12:20 a.m. when he was shot in the head.

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A man was shot to death early Saturday in South Chicago on the Far South Side.

Michael Sherrode Johnson, 30, was in the 9000 block of South Escanaba Avenue about 12:20 a.m. when he was shot in the head, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, officials said.

No one was in custody.

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