Chicago police are conducting a murder investigation after officers found a man shot in Edgewater overnight.
A condo building doorman called 911 around 2:17 a.m. after another employee heard a gunshot in the 6000 block of North Sheridan and found blood and other items in a hallway.
Officers searched the area and found a 37-year-old man outside, suffering from a gunshot wound to his right thigh. While he was responsive when police arrived, the man succumbed to his injuries at St. Francis Hospital at 3:12 a.m., according to medical examiner records.
It was not immediately clear whether the man was shot inside the condo building or if he was shot outside and walked into the building briefly after being injured.
He is the sixth person shot in Edgewater this year and the second person murdered. The neighborhood had five shooting victims at this point last year, and two as of this date in 2023 and 2022.
Update: After initially classifying the shooting as a homicide, CPD subsequently announced that the case had been reclassified to a “death investigation,” suggesting the man may have shot himself. Autopsy results are pending.
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