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Washington Heights Shooting Kills Darnell Hardeman, 38, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | June 4, 2016 12:11pm | Updated on June 6, 2016 10:45am

CHICAGO — A shooting in Washington Heights left a man dead early Saturday, police said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as 38-year-old Darnell Hardeman, of the 9600 block of South Halsted Street.

At 3:15 a.m., Hardeman was on the sidewalk in the 900 block of West 96th Street when two men fired shots at him, said Officer Bari Lemmon, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

Hardeman was shot in his head and body and was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one was in custody, police said.

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