The victim, a 24-year-old man, was in the rear yard of a residence around 9:40 p.m. in the 8700 block of South Cregier Avenue when he was approached by two men who shot him in the chest multiple times, police said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
No one was in custody as police continue to investigate.
Also on Saturday night, an argument at a South Side CTA Red Line station escalated to the shooting of a knife-wielding man.
The shooting happened around 10:45 p.m. at the Garfield Station, which is in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway.
A witness told police that a man pulled a knife during an argument, and another man pulled a gun and fired shots.
The victim who was shot was hospitalized, initially reported to be in fair condition.
Police continue to look for the shooter.
After an overnight shutdown, Red Line service was restored Sunday morning, the CTA said.
A migrant man was shot to death on Chicago’s Southwest Side on Saturday afternoon, officials said.
Chicago police said the shooting happened just before 12:45 p.m. near a Gage Park migrant shelter in the 2400 block of West 55th Street.
A 28-year-old man was on the sidewalk when a vehicle pulled up, and someone inside fired shots, striking him in the head, police said.
Police said the victim was transported in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Alderman Ray Lopez said the victim was a migrant, but he did not live at the Gage Park shelter at the time of the shooting.
Area One detectives are investigating. Authorities did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.
Hours later, a man was fatally shot in an alley in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood on the Near West Side.
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