Man fatally shot in Englewood last month identified as 41-year-old Mbiganyi Lashani

Jeff Mayes — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 14:25:32 -0500

A man who was shot to death nearly two weeks ago in the Englewood neighborhood has been identified as 41-year-old Mbiganyi Lashani, a West Side resident and native of Botswana.

Officers responded to a call of a person shot at 5:58 a.m. Friday, July 29, in the 6500 block of South Peoria, and found the victim unresponsive, according to Chicago Police.

Lashani was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:20 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 3200 block of West Walnut in East Garfield Park.

An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.

According to his Facebook page, Lashani was a native of Botswana, who came to the United States more than 10 years ago. He studied at DePaul University and Keller Graduate School of Management, and had worked as a substitute teacher in Chicago and Proviso East High School in Maywood.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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Man fatally shot in Englewood last month identified as 41-year-old Mbiganyi Lashani