Jesse Montes de Oca shot to death in drive-by on the block where he lived in Brighton Park

Jesse C. Montes de Oca was fatally shot Sunday night on the block where he lived in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

Police investigate a homicide in the 3500 block of West 38th Place Sunday night. | NVP News

Police investigate a homicide in the 3500 block of West 38th Place Sunday night. | NVP News


The 31-year-old was standing in a backyard about 11 p.m. in the 3500 block of West 38th Place, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A silver SUV drove past and someone inside fired shots.

Montes de Oca suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:30 p.m., authorities said. He lived on the same block where he was shot.

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation. No one was in custody as of Monday afternoon.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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