Chicago crime: Elderly man found shot to death inside SW Side home, police say

CHICAGO - A 78-year-old man was found shot to death inside a home on the city’s Southwest Side on Tuesday night.

What we know:

Officers responded to the scene in the 4500 block of S. Lamon Avenue in Le Claire Courts around 8 p.m., according to the Chicago Police Department.

The victim was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one is in custody in connection with the shooting.

Area detectives are investigating.