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West Garfield Park Shooting Kills 25-Year-Old After Attackers Exit Black SUV

Detectives seek leads with the shooters still unidentified.

Overview

  • Chicago police say the shooting occurred around 8:37 a.m. in the 4800-block of West Lake Street, where a 25-year-old man was struck in the neck and back and later died at Mt. Sinai Hospital.
  • The suspects arrived in a black SUV, got out and opened fire, then fled eastbound in the vehicle, and no one is in custody.
  • Police reported a separate SWAT standoff that began at 10:22 a.m. Sunday in the 7100 block of North Sioux Avenue in North Edgebrook with limited details released.
  • Citizen app video showed a SWAT vehicle and officers near Sioux and McAlpin avenues during the North Edgebrook operation.
  • In an earlier River North case, two suspects guided a 29-year-old man into a dark-colored SUV, robbed him at gunpoint, and dropped him in the 300-block of West Illinois Street, with no injuries reported and detectives investigating.