Man shot to death in Grand Crossing identified

Officers found a 19-year-old man inside a residence in the 1200 block of East 72nd Place with a gunshot wound to the right side of his face, police said.

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A man who was found shot to death Tuesday night in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side has been identified.

About 9:20 p.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 1200 block of East 72nd Place when they discovered Anthony Richardson, 19, with a gunshot wound inside a residence, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Richardson, who lived along the same block of East 72nd Place, suffered a gunshot wound to the right side of his face and was pronounced dead at 9:41 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

No one was in custody.

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