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Man shot to death in drive-by in McKinley Park

Miguel Angel Guel-Gonzalez was driving when someone in a passing dark-colored sedan fired at him in the 1700 block of West 35th Street.

By Sun-Times Wire

A male was fatally shot after attacking a security guard Sept. 5, 2022, outside a Greektown business. — A man was fatally shot in a drive-by Dec. 2, 2021, in McKinley Park.

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting in McKinley Park on the Southwest Side Thursday night.

Miguel Angel Guel-Gonzalez, 22, was driving when someone in a passing dark-colored sedan fired at him in the 1700 block of West 35th Street about 9:55 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Guel-Gonzalez was struck in the head and body, and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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