Man killed in Greater Grand Crossing drive-by

A 27-year-old man was shot in his chest at 71st Street and King Drive by someone in a black SUV about 10:45 Tuesday night, police said.

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A man was killed in a shooting late Tuesday in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side.

Shaquille Oneal, 28, was on a sidewalk about 10:45 p.m. in the 400 block of East 71st Street when someone in a black SUV opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Oneal was shot in his chest and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, police said.

No one was reported in custody.

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