Noel Burrell fatally shot a block from his home in Englewood


Noel Burrell was shot to death late Tuesday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

Police investigate after a man was shot to death in the 1200 block of West 73rd Place. | Network Video Productions

Police investigate after a man was shot to death in the 1200 block of West 73rd Place. | Network Video Productions


The 39-year-old Burrell was standing on the street in the 1200 block of West 73rd Place at 11:55 p.m. when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Burrell, known as “Rocko,” lived just a block away in the 1300 block of West 73rd Place.

He was shot in the left shoulder and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 12:37 a.m., authorities said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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