An Evanston man was one of six people killed, and among a total of 69 who were shot, over the course of a violent Memorial Day weekend in Chicago.
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Johan Jean, 39, of the 100 block of Ashland Avenue in Evanston, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the neck shortly before 11 p.m. Monday in a gangway in the 6400 block of North Rockwell Avenue, according to Chicago police. Jean was transported to St. Francis Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:44 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Chicago police said no one is in custody and area north detectives are investigating the shooting. Evanston police Cmdr. Joe Dugan confirmed Tuesday Evanston police had been notified of the shooting.
Jean was shot in a neighborhood known as West Ridge, located southwest of Rogers Park.
Lee V. Gaines is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.