Joseph Gutierrez fatally shot while riding bicycle in Little Village

Joseph Gutierrez was riding his bicycle in the Little Village neighborhood Thursday evening when a gunman on foot fatally shot him.

About 6:25 p.m., the 20-year-old Gutierrez was riding his bike in the 2700 block of South Karlov when a gunman ran up and shot him repeatedly in the upper body, police said.

Gutierrez, of the 6200 block of South Kenneth, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:06 p.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Police are investigating whether the shooting may have been gang-related.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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