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Man, 59, dies after being shot in head on Far South Side, CPD says

A 59-year-old man was killed in a shooting Tuesday evening on the city's Far South Side.

It happened shortly after 6 p.m. in the 10500 block of South Eggleston Avenue in the Fernwood neighborhood.

Chicago police said the man suffered a gunshot wound to the head from unknown gunfire.

He was taken to Christ Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Area detectives are investigating.

No further information was immediately available. 

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