Omar Flores fatally shot in Albany Park

Omar Flores has died after being shot in the head Tuesday afternoon in the Albany Park neighborhood.

Flores, 31, was sitting in the passenger’s seat of a car parked in the 4700 block of North Lawndale Avenue when two gunmen walked up and opened fire about 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

Flores, of the 4800 block of North Avers Avenue, was shot in the head and died at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, which ruled the death a homicide.

Police said the gunmen, who were wearing black and gray hooded sweatshirts, ran away after the shooting. Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area North detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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