Man shot to death in Little Village

Eduardo A. Garcia, 20, was standing on the street when someone shot at him from a black sedan in the 2200 block of South Whipple Street, authorities said.

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Police investigate the scene where a man was fatally shot Feb. 1, 2020 in Little Village.

Police investigate the scene where a man was fatally shot Feb. 1, 2020 in Little Village.

Carly Behm/Sun-Times

A man was killed in a shooting Saturday in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

Eduardo A. Garcia, 20, was standing on the street at 11:37 p.m. when someone shot at him from a black sedan in the 2200 block of South Whipple Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was hit multiple times and driven by friends to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:50 p.m., authorities said. He lived in Little Village.

An autopsy conducted Sunday confirmed he died of his gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office said. His death has been ruled a homicide.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

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A man was fatally shot Feb. 1, 2020 in Little Village.

Carly Behm/Sun-Times

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