Arsennial Allen shot to death in front of store in South Chicago

Arsennial Allen was shot to death Thursday afternoon in front of a store in the South Chicago neighborhood.

The 28-year-old Allen was standing in front of the store at 3:22 p.m. in the 2300 block of East 83rd Street. A gunman walked up and shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The shooter took off in a blue vehicle, police said.

Allen, a South Shore resident, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 5:05 p.m., authorities said.

No one was in custody for the killing as of Friday morning.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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