45-year-old Darren Smith found shot to death inside his home in Chatham

Darren Smith was shot to death Sunday night in the his home in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.

About 11:45 p.m., officers arrived in the 8100 block of South Ellis and found the 45-year-old Smith unresponsive inside a home, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

Police did not have additional information about the shooting, but Area South detective are conducting a homicide investigation.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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