Dakari Pargo shot dead in West Englewood

Dakari Pargo was shot to death in the West Englewood neighborhood early Wednesday.

Pargo, 19, had been shot in the head and back in the 7100 block of South Winchester Avenue about 1:45 a.m., authorities said.

He may have been riding a bicycle when shot, according to police, who found him lying in the street when they arrived to a call of a person shot.

Pargo, of the 7300 block of South Damen Avenue, died less than an hour later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating if the shooting was gang related, police said.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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