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Man shot dead in East Garfield Park

Cory Xavier Finley, 32, was shot several times in a parking lot in the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue Tuesday morning, police say.

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A man was shot and killed Tuesday morning at a gas station in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, police said.

Cory Xavier Finley, 32, was shot several times in a parking lot in the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue around 10:40 a.m., Chicago police said.

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

A gunman was seen running away north on Hamlin Avenue, police said.

No one was in custody.

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