CHICAGO — A man was shot and killed in Rogers Park on Thursday evening, marking the third shooting in the neighborhood this week.
The victim, 31, was in an alley behind the 2000 block of West Howard when he suffered a gunshot wound to the back of his head around 5:45 p.m., officials said.
Witnesses told police they saw a man calmly walk out of the alley after the shooting. About 30 minutes after the murder, Evanston police spotted a man matching that individual’s description, and Chicago police detained him for investigation.
Police records show that the victim has been arrested on and near the block where he was shot three times since 2017, twice on charges of manufacture-delivery of cannabis and once for allegedly possessing a firearm as a felon.
After enjoying a relatively quiet summer, with no shootings between June 26 and this week, Rogers Park has experienced a flurry of shootings since Monday.
At 9:11 p.m. Tuesday, a 51-year-old CTA employee was shot and seriously wounded outside the Howard station. On Monday, a 50-year-old victim was standing in the 6900 block of North Glenwood when a man shot him in the shoulder and fled the scene, police said.
So far this year, 18 people have been shot in Rogers Park, six fatally. That’s compared to 28 during the period last year and 23 in 2022.
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