Man found fatally shot in North Lawndale

Police said he was found with gunshot wounds to the head and chest in the 2700 block of West 18th Street.

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A man was found fatally shot early Sunday in the North Lawndale neighborhood.

Emergency responders discovered Tomas Villa, 22, with gunshot wounds to the head and chest in the 2700 block of West 18th Street about 2:15 a.m., according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No one was in custody.

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