Man found fatally shot in Chatham

Officers responding Wednesday to a call of a person shot in the 900 block of East 81st Street found a 42-year-old man with a gunshot wound in his back.

Red crime scene tape is seen lit up from a car’s headlights.

Sun-Times file

A man was found shot to death Wednesday evening in Chatham on the South Side.

About 6:10 p.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 900 block of East 81st Street and found a man, 42, with a gunshot wound in his back, Chicago police said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He was identified as Demetrius Hardy by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Area 2 detectives are investigating.

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