A man was fatally shot on an Auburn-Gresham street Wednesday morning on the South Side.
The man was shot in the head in the 8700 block of South Throop Street about 9:20 a.m., police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
Marlon Young, 39, who lived in the same block, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
After the shooting, two vehicles were seen fleeing from the scene, police said.
Area South detectives are investigating but no one was in custody.
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