Giovanni Lopez found fatally shot on sidewalk in West Elsdon

Giovanni Lopez was shot to death Monday afternoon in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

Officers responding to a shooting about 4:30 p.m. found the 20-year-old on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the lower body near 51st and Ridgeway, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:41 p.m., authorities said.

No one was in custody for the shooting Wednesday as Area Central detectives conduct a homicide investigation.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses.

The author of the page wrote: “He will be remembered as: a son, a brother, cousin, grandson, and a nephew. But most of all, a friend! His love for his family and friends was unconditional and sincere.”

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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