Man fatally shot in Englewood identified as 34-year-old Ramal Hicks

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Ramal Hicks | courtesy of Ronniesia Branch

Ramal Hicks, who was shot early Monday in the Englewood neighborhood, died at a hospital about three hours later.

The 34-year-old Hicks was shot in the lower back and chest about 12:45 a.m. in the 1500 block of West 69th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 3:55 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Hicks lived in the 7700 block of South May.

An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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