Man Found Fatally Shot On West Side Street
CHICAGO (STMW) - The Cook County Medical Examiner's office has identified a man found fatally shot on the front steps of a West Side house late Thursday.
Police found the 23-year-old man -- identified as Vernell Anderson -- shot three times near the sidewalk on the front steps of a residence in the 3800 block of W. Flournoy St., police said.
Anderson, of the 4400 block of N. Clifton Ave., was pronounced dead at 12:26 a.m. Friday at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the medical examiner's office.
Police said Anderson suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including a gunshot to the head. A Friday autopsy determined he died of a gunshot wound to the chest, the medical examiner's office said.
Circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately known, although a neighbor said he heard shots fired around the time the man was found, police said.
Harrison Area detectives are investigating.
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