Crime News Metro/State

Man killed in Little Italy shooting

Terrence Burrell, 33, was in the 1000 block of West 14th Street when he was shot Tuesday morning, authorities said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Red crime scene tape is seen lit up from a car’s headlights. — A man was shot to death May 16, 2023, on the Near West Side.

A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning in the Little Italy neighborhood on the Near West Side.

Terrence Burrell, 33, was shot in the 1000 block of West 14th Street about 7:45 a.m. when he was shot, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Burrell was pronounced dead hours after the shooting, the medical examiner’s office said.

Police couldn’t immediately provide details on the attack.

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