Man killed in Marquette Park shooting: police

A male approached the 30-year-old in the 3000 block of West 64th Street and opened fire, police said.

A person died after being hit by a semitrailer July 27, 2020, in Logan Square. — A man was shot dead in the 3000 block of West 64th Street, Oct. 5, 2019, in Marquette Park.

A 30-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday in Marquette Park on the South Side.

According to a witness, a male wearing a red shirt with a slender build approached Francisco J. Lopez about 12:59 a.m. in the 3000 block of West 64th Street and unleashed gunfire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. The male fled southbound on Whipple Street.

Lopez was shot multiple times in the body and was pronounced on the scene, police said. An autopsy Sunday ruled his death a homicide by multiple gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office said.

No one is in custody, and Area Central detectives are investigating.

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