Daniel Cordova, who was shot to death in Brighton Park, had ‘smile that would light up a room’

Daniel Cordova was shot to death early Sunday in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

About 4:30 a.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 2500 block of West 46th Place, They found the 26-year-old Cordova unresponsive and lying on the ground between two parked cars, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy showed Cordova, who lived in the same neighborhood where he was shot, died of multiple gunshot wounds.

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

The author of the page wrote: “We lost a loving, son, father, brother, uncle, and friend. Unfortunately​ We never know when it’s our time or what God has planned for us. Daniel’s life was took way before his time, leaving so many people heartbroken.”

She described Cordova, who had a young daughter, this way: “He was always such a happy person. With a smile that would light up a room.”

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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