Crime News Metro/State

Man fatally shot near house in Humboldt Park

Marquez Blaylock, 24, was in the 1000 block of North Springfield Avenue Sunday afternoon when he was hit in the abdomen by gunfire, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Four people were wounded in a shooting July 1, 2022, in West Garfield Park. — A man was shot and killed March 27, 2022 on the Northwest Side.

A man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon in Humboldt Park on the Northwest Side.

Marquez Blaylock, 24, was near the front of a house in the 1000 block of North Springfield Avenue about 3:10 p.m. when he was struck in the abdomen by gunfire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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