Man fatally shot in Grand Crossing home

The man was shot in the chest about 1:15 p.m. while inside the home inthe 6600 block of South Hartwell Avenue.

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A man was fatally shot inside a Greater Grand Crossing home Sunday afternoon.

Derrick Glenn Echols Jr., 35, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest about 1:15 p.m. while inside the home in the 6600 block of South Hartwell Avenue, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No other information about the shooting was available.

No one was in custody.

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