Chicago police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred late Friday afternoon behind a residence in the 600 block of West Division Street on the Near North Side.
Officers were dispatched around 4:31 p.m. after a 911 caller reported that their son had been shot during a robbery. When police arrived, they found the victim gravely wounded and a shell casing near the back stoop of the home. Exactly what led to the gunfire remains unclear and investigators have not confirmed whether a robbery actually occurred.
According to police, the 22-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his chest while inside the residence. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition and later died. No arrests have been made.
The shooting marks the 42nd person shot on the Near North Side so far this year, with 18 of those victims targeted in a still unsolved mass shooting outside a lounge in the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue on July 2.
Here are the year-to-date shooting totals for the Near North Side in previous years:
2019: 31
2020: 41
2021: 59
2022: 65
2023: 40
2024: 29
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