Hyde Park & Kenwood

Crime & Mayhem

Woodlawn Shooting Kills 27-Year-Old Man, Police Say

June 17, 2016 7:53am | Updated June 17, 2016 7:53am

CHICAGO — A Woodlawn shooting left a 27-year-old man dead Thursday evening, police said.

At 6:11 p.m., the man was in the 6300 block of South Eberhart Avenue when he was shot in his face, said Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The man was taken to Northwestern Hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead, Pacheco said.

The man was a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody in the shooting.

For more neighborhood news, listen to DNAinfo Radio here:

Advertisement