Hezekiah Harper-Bey killed in West Garfield Park shooting

Hezekiah Harper-Bey was killed in a West Garfield Park shooting that left three other men wounded early Saturday.

The four men were inside a vehicle in the 4400 block of West Van Buren Street when they were shot about 3 a.m. Saturday, police said.

Harper-Bey, 20, who lived on the block, was shot in the face and died about 30 minutes later at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said.

The three other men in the car were also wounded. Two 23-year-old men were hospitalized in critical condition and a 24-year-old man was shot in the buttocks, police said.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area North detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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