Alfonso Kyles found fatally shot on sidewalk near school on Near West Side

Alfonso R. Kyles was found with a fatal gunshot wound Sunday morning on the Near West Side.

Police investigate a shooting Sunday in the 2100 block of West Adams. | Matthew Hendrickson/Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting Sunday in the 2100 block of West Adams. | Matthew Hendrickson/Sun-Times


Kyles, 31, was found on the sidewalk about 3 a.m. just south of the entrance to Touhy-Herbert Park in the 2100 block of West Adams Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The shooting occurred a half block west of Chicago Bulls College Prep.

He suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:13 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Kyles lived in the 4900 block of North Humboldt.

Area Central detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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