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Cornell Verner, 24, Killed In Englewood Shooting

By Kelly Bauer | August 20, 2017 8:57am

CHICAGO — A shooting in Englewood killed a 24-year-old man on Saturday afternoon, police said.

At 4:20 p.m., the man was near 63rd and Carpenter streets when he was shot in his face, chest and arm, police said. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Cornell Verner, of an unknown home address, was pronounced dead at 4:32 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy showed he died from multiple gunshot wounds in a homicide.

The man was a documented gang member, a police source said.

No one was in custody.

No further information was immediately available.