Omar Kent shot to death after parking his vehicle in East Garfield Park

Omar Kent had just parked his vehicle when he was shot to death early Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

The 38-year-old Kent had just parked about 12:35 a.m. in the 3600 block of West Fifth Avenue when five males walked up, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. One of them pulled out a gun and opened fire.

Kent was shot in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:50 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He was a construction worker who lived in the 2300 block of South Kirkland.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire