Crime News East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park shooting leaves man, 47, dead

Antonio Taylor was found with a gunshot wound in the chest around 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the 2800 block of West Washington Boulevard.

By Sun-Times Wire

Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

A man was shot to death Saturday morning in East Garfield Park.

Antonio Taylor, 47, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound in the chest about 11:30 a.m. in the 2800 block of West Washington Boulevard, Chicago police said.

Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

No one has been arrested.

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