Man fatally shot in Gage Park

The man was shot in the left eye area in the 5700 block of South Christiana Avenue on the city’s Southwest Side.

Crime scene tape.

A man was fatally shot in the Gage Park neighborhood early Thursday in the 5700 block of South Christiana Avenue.

Sun-Times file

A man inside a car was shot dead early Thursday in the Gage Park neighborhood, police said.

Just after midnight, officers found the unidentified man in a white car after responding to a call of shots fired in the 5700 block of South Christiana Avenue, according to Chicago police.

The man, who suffered a gunshot wound to the left eye are, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

No one is in custody and Area 1 detectives are investigating.

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