Man shot dead at South Side gas station

A man was fatally shot early Tuesday at a gas station on the border of the South Side Chatham and Grand Crossing neighborhoods.

About 12:30 a.m., 27-year-old Anthony Carter was standing next to a vehicle at the Falcon Fuel at 834 E. 79th St. when someone pulled out a gun and opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Carter was shot in the head and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, according to authorities. He lived in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

No one was in custody early Tuesday as detectives investigated the shooting.