By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Silvestre Mejia Jr. died in a hospital Monday, a week after he was shot in the Little Village neighborhood.
The 30-year-old Mejia was driving about 12:45 a.m. July 4 in the 2300 block of South Washtenaw when he was shot in the back of the head, according to Chicago Police. His vehicle then crashed into two parked vehicles.
He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
Mejia, who lived in the 4600 block of South Mozart, was pronounced dead at 12:58 p.m. Monday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy Wednesday indicated he died of a gunshot wound to the head.
Area Central detectives are conducting a homicide investigation, but no one was in custody as of Wednesday afternoon.