Crime News Metro/State

Man dies in Archer Heights shooting

On Sept. 17, a male was found on the street in the 5000 block of South Pulaski Road with gunshot wounds to his back and chest, Chicago police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was stabbed following an argument Sept. 2, 2022, near a CTA Green Line station. — A man was fatally shot Sept. 17, 2021, in Archer Heights.

A 30-year-old man was killed in a shooting last week in Archer Heights on the Southwest Side.

About 1:25 a.m. Sept. 17, he was found on the street in the 5000 block of South Pulaski Road with gunshot wounds to his back and chest, Chicago police said.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead at 5:46 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Miguel Laureno Jr.

No arrests have been reported. Area One detectives are investigating.

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