Rocky Weekes fatally shot during fight in Old Irving Park neighborhood


Rocky Weekes was shot to death early Tuesday during a fight in the Old Irving Park neighborhood.

The 31-year-old Weekes got into a fight about 3:05 a.m. in the 3300 block of North Keeler with someone who then pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Weekes, of the 3400 block of North Kenton, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:10 a.m., authorities said.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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