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Brent Johnson, 27, Killed In Marquette Park Shooting

By Kelly Bauer | February 16, 2017 7:41am | Updated on February 17, 2017 11:51am

CHICAGO — A shooting in Marquette Park killed Brent Johnson, 27, on Wednesday night, officials said.

At 8:43 p.m., the man was standing in an alley in the 3000 block of West Marquette Road when someone in a black car fired shots at him, police said.

He was hit in his head and groin area and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Johnson, of the 7100 block of South Homan Avenue, was pronounced dead at 8:59 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

No one was in custody.