Miles Alexander Kent was killed in a shooting just a block from his home in the West Chatham neighborhood Friday evening, authorities said.
The 26-year-old was shot multiple times at 5:24 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Lafayette Avenue, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Kent, known as Rico, who lived in the 8000 block of South Buffalo, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m., authorities said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family and to pay funeral expenses.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire