Beverly, Mt. Greenwood & Morgan Park

Crime & Mayhem

Man Found Shot Dead on South Side Saturday Morning

August 31, 2013 3:15pm | Updated September 2, 2013 1:15pm
Shooting on 117th
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CHICAGO — A man was found shot to death in the back of a home in Morgan Park Saturday morning, police said.

The man, identified as 32-year-old John Atkins by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, was found about 11:20 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.

He was found in the back of a home in the 11700 block of South Hale Avenue.

Atkins, of the 300 block of 132nd Street, pronounced dead on the scene at 11:35 a.m.

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