Man killed in shooting inside Grand Crossing home

The man, 41, was with a group of people inside the residence in the 6600 block of South Hartwell Avenue when shots were fired.

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A man was killed Thursday night in a shooting inside a home in Grand Crossing on the South Side.

Phillip Meadors, 41, was with a group of people inside the residence in the 6600 block of South Hartwell Avenue when shots were fired just before 9:20 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was struck in the armpit and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, police said.

No one was in custody. Detectives were investigating.

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