Quantcast

The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.
Read the press release here.

Man, 29, Killed on Near West Side

By Quinn Ford | May 20, 2014 6:43am
 Police found a 29-year-old man fatally shot Monday night in the 2400 block of West Fillmore Street. (File photo)
Police found a 29-year-old man fatally shot Monday night in the 2400 block of West Fillmore Street. (File photo)
View Full Caption
Getty Images/File Photo

CHICAGO — A 29-year-old man has died after he was fatally shot Monday night on the Near West Side, authorities said.

About 10:45 p.m. Monday, police responded to a call of shots fired in the 2400 block of West Fillmore Street.

Officers found the man unresponsive in the street, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a Chicago Police spokesman. The man had been shot repeatedly in the back, Alfaro said.

The man, identified as 29-year-old Leonard Goldman of the same block, was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:05 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

As of Tuesday morning, no one was in custody in connection with the shooting, police said.

For more neighborhood news, listen to DNAinfo Radio here: