Police investigate scene where Leroy Stinson was shot / Photo from NVP
A 50-year-old man has died after being struck by a bullet that went through a bedroom window Tuesday night at his Back of the Yards home.
Leroy Stinson was in a second-floor bedroom at his home in the 2100 block of West Garfield Boulevard when shots were fired outside about 10:50 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.
One of the bullets came through the bedroom window and struck Stinson in he head, authorities said.
Stinson was initially taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and later transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he died at 11:53 p.m. on Thursday, authorities said.
A Sunday autopsy ruled Stinson’s death a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Nobody has been charged for the murder.
Area Central detectives are investigating.
— Sun-Times Media Wire