Phillip Floro fatally shot while walking with friend in Austin


Phillip Floro was walking with a friend Sunday evening when he was shot to death in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

About 8:20 p.m., the 37-year-old Floro was walking in the 1600 block of North Central when he heard a shot and realized he’d been struck in the abdomen, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Floro, of the 3000 block of West Franklin, was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he died at 9:16 p.m., authorities said.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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