Alston Ronnie McNeal fatally shot at party on block where he lived in Austin


A party in the West Side Austin neighborhood turned deadly early Saturday when shots were fired, leaving Alston Ronnie McNeal dead.

McNeal, 33, was at a party on his block in the 1100 block of North Lawler about 3:20 a.m. when another male at the party shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

McNeal was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:10 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office

An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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