Man shot to death in Back of the Yards

Police investigate a shooting early Thursday in the 5200 block of South Peoria Ave in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A man was shot and killed early Thursday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Officers found 40-year-old Sid Taylor lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the chest at 12:48 a.m. in the 5200 block of South Peoria, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.

He lived on the same block as the shooting, authorities said.

Police investigate a shooting about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2018 in the 5200 block of South Peoria Ave in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

The circumstances of the shooting were unknown and there were no witnesses, police said.

Area Central detectives were investigating.

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