Man shot and killed while sitting in car in Back of the Yards

Khuan Higgins was sitting in a car in the 5200 block of South Ashland Avenue when someone walked up and opened fire.

Two men were wounded in a shootout Aug. 24, 2022 on the South Side.

A man was fatally shot August 6, 2021 in Back of the Yards.

Sun-Times file

A man was shot to death as he sat in a car in Back of the Yards on the South Side early Friday.

The man, 31, was sitting in the passenger seat of a car in the 5200 block of South Ashland Avenue when a gunman approached on foot and opened fire about 2:15 a.m., Chicago police said.

A woman with the man drove to the 7600 block of South Chicago Avenue where he was picked up by paramedics, police said.

He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

He was identified as Khuan Higgins of Gresham by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No one was in custody.

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