Man fatally shot in East Garfield Park

About 9:25 a.m., Demarcus Reed was in the 700 block of North Ridgeway Avenue, when he was shot in the head and the buttocks.

Two people were shot, one fatally, July 24, 2021, in Gage Park.

A person was fatally shot July 31, 2021, in East Garfield Park.

Sun-Times file

A 27-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday in East Garfield Park on the West Side.

About 9:25 a.m., Demarcus Reed was in the 700 block of North Ridgeway Avenue, when he was shot in the head and the buttocks, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Reed, of Humboldt Park, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Area Four detectives are investigating.

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