Man found stabbed to death in Englewood identified as 22-yar-old Marshawn Cooper

Marshawn A. Cooper was found stabbed to death early Friday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

A 22-year-old man was found stabbed to death in a car in Englewood early Friday. | Network Video Productions

A 22-year-old man was found stabbed to death in a car in Englewood early Friday. | Network Video Productions


Cooper, 22, was found in the driver’s seat of a car in the 7200 block of South Aberdeen about 12:15 a.m. Friday, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Cooper, of the 3600 block of West 120th Street in Alsip, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy found he died of a stab wound to the chest and his death was ruled a homicide. Police initially said he had been shot.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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