Man killed in Chicago Lawn shooting: police

Arsenio Farr, 31, was walking about 7:40 p.m. in the 6000 block of South Rockwell Street when two males approached him and opened fire, Chicago police said.

Chicago police investigate the scene where a person was shot and killed Feb. 3, 2021, in the 6000 block of South Rockwell Street.

Chicago police investigate the scene where a person was shot and killed Feb. 3, 2021, in the 6000 block of South Rockwell Street.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man was shot to death Wednesday in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side.

The man, 31, was walking about 7:40 p.m. in the 6000 block of South Rockwell Street when two males approached him and opened fire, Chicago police said.

The man was struck in the head and chest, and pronounced dead on the scene, police said. The shooters got into a vehicle and fled south on Rockwell.

The Cook County medical examiner’s identified him as Arsenio Farr.

Area One detectives are investigating.

The Latest
Sneed is told President Joe Biden was actually warned a year and a half ago by a top top Dem pollster that his re-election was in the doghouse with young voters. Gov. J.B. Pritzker was being urged to run in a primary in case Biden pulled the plug.
Thousands gathered in Union Park for the Pitchfork Music Festival, the Chicago Bears started training camp at Halas Hall, and Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her presidential campaign.
Williams got in defensive end DeMarcus Walker’s face as he went after tight end Gerald Everett on Friday.
Bielema still needs to prove the Illini can win in a conference that just got even better with Oregon, USC, Washington and UCLA on board and has done away with divisions, the days of a weaker West now over.
Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of TNT Sports, is seeking a judgment that it matched Amazon Prime Video’s offer and an order seeking to delay the new media rights deal from taking effect beginning with the 2025-26 season.