A 45-year-old man was shot to death Wednesday inside an apartment in Grand Crossing on the South Side.

About 4:22 a.m., someone walked into an apartment in the 7800 block of South Ellis Avenue and shot David Harris in the back twice, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Harris, who lived in Evanston, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

Area South detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

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