Man shot, killed in West Englewood

A man was fatally shot Monday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

Levon Averhart, 42, was standing outside when two males walked up to him and one took out a handgun and fired shots at 11:46 p.m. in the 5700 block of South Winchester, according to Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Averhart suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died, authorities said.

He lived in the South Side Gresham neighborhood.

Area South detectives were investigating.