Man Shot in Head Outside Chicago Child Care Center

A man was found with a gunshot wound to the head Sunday night in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

The man, who was about 30 years old, was found lying on the sidewalk and unresponsive at 10:04 p.m. in the 100 block of West 119th Street, according to Chicago police.

He had suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and was taken to Christ Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

A window at a local child care center, Laughs and Giggles Children’s Academy, had been shattered by gunfire.

Laughs and Giggles, located at 106 West 119th Street, provides child care and Head Start programs for children ages six months to 12 years old.

The circumstances of the shooting weren’t immediately known and no further information was available.

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