Man dies 2 days after being shot in face on South Side

A 23-year-old man has died two days after a gunman shot him in the face on the rear porch of a home on the city's South Side.

Alexander McDonald, 23, was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
Police said that McDonald was shot at about 1:45 p.m. Monday in the 9200 block of South Blackstone Avenue.
McDonald was on a rear porch with an acquaintance when a gunman approached and opened fire, striking him in the face, said Officer Michael Sullivan.
There were conflicting reports on whether the gunman emerged from a gangway or from the a vehicle passing through an alley.
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