Erik Williams shot to death while standing on porch in West Englewood

Erik L. Williams was fatally shot while standing on a porch in the West Englewood neighborhood Monday night.

Williams, 27, was standing on a front porch at 10:18 p.m. in the 1800 block of West 58th when someone in a gray sedan fired shots at him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Williams, of the 1200 block of West 71st Place, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the side of his torso and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11 p.m., authorities said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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