Man killed in South Chicago shooting

A man died after he was shot in the head Monday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood.

The man, 23, was outside in the 8300 block of South Baltimore Avenue about 9:10 a.m. when someone shot him, then fled in a black vehicle, police said.

Olawale Giwa, of the 7700 block of South Coles Avenue, was shot in the head and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died about an hour later, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Area South detectives are investigating, but no one is in custody Monday evening.

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