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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Man killed in ambush by 2 gunmen in West Humboldt Park

Sun-Times file photo

A man was shot and killed Thursday morning while sitting in a parked car in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Two gunmen got out of a black SUV and opened fire in the 4100 block of West Iowa Street around 7:40 a.m., Chicago police said.

The man, 30, was hit at least twice and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died, police said. His name hasn’t been released.

The gunmen got back in the SUV and drove west, police said. No one was arrested.

The shooting occurred in the 11th police district, which covers parts of Humboldt Park, West Garfield Park and Lawndale. So far this year, the district has seen an 8% drop in murders and 6% drop in shootings compared with the same time in 2020, according to police statistics.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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