Man found fatally shot in Altgeld Gardens

Officers found Derrick Walker, 24, inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the face in the 13200 block of South Ellis Avenue.

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Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

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A man was found shot to death inside a car Monday night in Altgeld Gardens on the Far South Side.

About 8:05 p.m., officers found Derrick Walker, 24, inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the face in the 13200 block of South Ellis Avenue, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No arrests were made.

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