21-year-old Joaquin Gonzalez shot to death in Humboldt Park

Joaquin Gonzalez was gunned down in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Friday evening.

The 21-year-old was shot in the chest about 5:30 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene in the 2600 block of West Haddon, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Gonzalez lived in the 7700 block of South Peoria. Police have not released the circumstances of the shooting, but an autopsy Saturday ruled his death a homicide.

The family has started a GoFundMe page to help pay funeral expenses.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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