A man was shot to death Thursday evening in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side.
The victim was walking about 4:45 p.m. when someone walked up to him 68th and Stony Island, took out a gun and fired, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Antonio Barrett, 30, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:53 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy Friday found he died of a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide.
He lived several blocks away in the same neighborhood.
Area Central detectives are investigating.
