Man Killed On 'Quiet' Irving Park Block Identified

IRVING PARK — A 28-year-old man was gunned down in Irving Park on Monday night, police said, in what they said was likely a "drug-related" shooting.

Around 10:50 p.m., officers found the man on the sidewalk in the 4300 block of North Elston Avenue with gunshot wounds in his head and face, according to Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police spokesman.

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The man was pronounced dead on scene, police said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Ashraf Sennouni, of the 4200 block of West Irving Park Road.

Employees of Tassili, a Moroccan restaurant at 4342 N. Elston Ave., said the man was shot farther up the block before lunging into their doorway and collapsing.

Zakaria Yamani, the owner of Tassili, said the incident took the whole block by surprise.

"I've never seen anything like this happen before here — it's always been really quiet around here," said Yamani, who's owned the business since 2013. "Seriously, I've never even seen a fight."

Irving Park has been rocked in recent months by a series of shootings on high-traffic streets, including the murder of a bouncer at Brudder's Bar & Grill, 3600 N. Pulaski Road.

But none before have struck particularly close to Yamani's block, a wide avenue stretch lined with Middle Eastern and North African eateries on both sides.

"These things are going to happen, I guess," Yamani said, shrugging. "But this is still a quiet block, and everyone still knows that."

Detectives are questioning a "person of interest," Estrada said.

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