Masked gunman attacks Curtis Nowells while he walks in a park in the East Hyde Park neighborhood

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:13:26 -0600

A man who was fatally shot by a masked gunman Friday afternoon while walking in a park in the East Hyde Park neighborhood has been identified as 33-year-old Curtis Nowells.

At 2:50 p.m., the 33-year-old Nowells was walking in Cornell Park in the 5400 block of South Cornell. That's when someone wearing a mask walked up from behind and opened fire before running to a nearby car and driving away, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nowells was found unresponsive by officers and pronounced at the scene at 3:04 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place in South Shore.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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Masked gunman attacks Curtis Nowells while he walks in a park in the East Hyde Park neighborhood