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Man Fatally Shot in Englewood as Police Launch Homicide Investigation

Detectives have opened a homicide case with no arrests or identification released.

Overview

  • Officers on patrol reported hearing gunfire around 11:15–11:20 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of West 61st Place near Wallace Street.
  • Police found an unresponsive man on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
  • He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and was later pronounced dead after arriving in critical condition.
  • Wentworth Area detectives, also known as Area One, are leading the investigation.
  • Police announced no arrests, and the Cook County medical examiner had not identified the victim as of Monday morning.