The Hardest-Working Paper in America | 
Thursday, April 25, 2024
News Crime City Hall

Police: Man killed in Uptown shooting

By  Mitchell Armentrout
   
SHARE Police: Man killed in Uptown shooting
zzmarker5.jpg

A man was shot to death in Uptown Monday evening on the North Side, police said.

The 24-year-old was outside about 7 p.m. in the 4600 block of North Kenmore when an SUV pulled up to him and someone inside shot him in the side, according to Chicago Police.

He was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately have information on the death.

Next Up In News
Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads
Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center
Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80
1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago
Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias
Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports
The Latest
Israel-Hamas War
Northwestern students set up Palestine protest camp on campus
A news release from NU Educators for Justice in Palestine, Student Liberation Union and Jewish Voice for Peace said the camp is meant to be “a safe space for those who want to show their support of the Palestinian people.”
By Sun-Times staff
 
Generic Chicago Police Department
Other Views
Hate crimes keep increasing. Here's what Chicago is doing about it.
Last year, Black and Brown residents, Muslim Americans, Jewish Americans, members of the LGBTQ+ community and others were targeted in hate crimes more than 300 times. Smart new policies, zero tolerance, cooperation and unity can defeat hate.
By Debra Silverstein
 
Renderings of the proposed new Bears stadium
Columnists
Bears have designs on the lakefront, as Mayor Johnson plays the wrong position of cheerleader-in-chief
The city is willing to put private interests ahead of public benefit and cheer on a wrongheaded effort to build a massive domed stadium — that would be perfect for Arlington Heights — on Chicago’s lakefront.
By Lee Bey
 
CAVA-042524-09.jpg
Taste
Cava restaurant opens in Wicker Park on Friday, announces future suburban location
Following its launch, the popular Mediterranean restaurant is set to open a second area outlet this summer in Vernon Hills.
By Erica Thompson
 
"The People's Joker" director Vera Drew also stars as a frustrated trans comedian who takes on an alter ego.
Movies and TV
Why so serious? 'The People's Joker' warps Batman tropes into wildly inventive punk parody
Like no superhero movie before it, subversive coming-of-age story reinvents the villain’s origins with a mélange of visual styles and a barrage of gags.
By Richard Roeper