Paul Woods was shot to death Thursday afternoon while standing on a corner in the South Shore neighborhood.
The 27-year-old Woods was standing with a group on the corner 78th and Yates at 4:53 p.m. when someone opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
He was shot once in the back and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:32 p.m.
Woods lived in the 8400 block of South Essex.
--Chicago Sun-Times Wire