Overview

• The shooting occurred around 1:20 a.m. Tuesday on the 7800 block of South Merrill Avenue after a witness heard two men arguing.
• Responding officers found the 56-year-old victim unresponsive in a front yard with gunshot wounds to the head and hand.
• The man was pronounced dead at the scene and has not yet been publicly identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
• Chicago Police Department’s Area Two detectives are leading the investigation into the circumstances of the shooting.
• The incident adds to a broader surge in shootings and violent crimes in Chicago this year.