CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) --An elderly man was fatally shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Saturday morning.
Police said it happened just before 10 a.m. in the 8100 block of South Throop Street.
86-year-old Charles Hobson Sr. was found with a gunshot wound to his left thigh. Police said Hobson was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, where he died from his injuries.
Hobson's daughter- in- law Kimberly Hobson-Gray described him as a "community man," who cared for others.
"He was spunky. He was an awesome man of God," she told CBS 2.
Police haven't said if anyone's in custody. Area One detectives are investigating.
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