Man, 65, shot to death in South Shore

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Police investigate a shooting Friday, May 18, 2018 in the 7200 block of Euclid Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A man was shot to death Friday night in the South Shore neighborhood, according to police.

Officers responded about 11:30 p.m. to the 7100 block of South Euclid Avenue and found 65-year-old Earnest Wilson lying in the street with a gunshot wound to his face, Chicago Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Wilson lived in the same block as the shooting.

Police were conducting a homicide investigation.

Police investigate a shooting Friday in the 7200 block of Euclid Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting Friday in the 7200 block of Euclid Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

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