Tavaris Heightie dies after being shot multiple times on West Garfield Park porch


Tavaris Heightie died after he was shot several times in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Monday night on the West Side, police said.

About 9:05 p.m., officers responding to reports of a person shot in the 4300 block of West Van Buren found the 32-year-old on a porch with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Heightie, who lived in the 5000 block of West North Avenue, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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