Man found shot to death in West Elsdon alley

Evaristo Rios, 57, was found dead in an alley in the 5400 block of South Lawndale Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said.

The man lost control of his motorcycle and struck a wall on Lower Waker Drive, police said. — The body of a man thought to be between 40 and 50-years-old was found September 8, 2019 in an alley in West Elsdon on the Southwest Side.

A man was found shot to death Sunday in West Elsdon on the Southwest Side.

About 7 p.m., officers found the body of Evaristo Rios, 57, in an alley in the 5400 block of South Lawndale Avenue, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Police said he was found with at least one gunshot wound to the neck.

An autopsy found Rios, who lived in Gage Park on the Southwest Side, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office said. His death was ruled a homicide.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

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