19-year-old Cyrus ‘Jaquan’ Williams dies three days after being shot in Lawndale

Cyrus “Jaquan” Williams died Monday afternoon, three days after he was shot in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

The 19-year-old was shot in the head about 5:40 p.m. Jan. 20 in the 600 block of South Sacramento, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Williams was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said. He lived in the South Side Oakland neighborhood. An autopsy Wednesday ruled his death a homicide.

Police did not have additional information on the shooting. Area North detectives are investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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