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Man, 19, Shot Dead In Roseland

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police are investigating a deadly shooting in the Far South Side's Roseland neighborhood.

Officers responded at 7:02 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 10900 block of South Wentworth Avenue and found a 19-year-old man lying face up on the ground, police said. The victim was later identified as Rashad Robinson, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Robinson, of the 10700 block of South Lafayette Avenue, was shot in the back and he taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead 7:10 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office.

Calumet Area detectives are investigating, but nobody was in custody Wednesday morning.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

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