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A man shot Friday in the Homan Square neighborhood died Wednesday morning, authorities said.
The man was injured in an incident in the 3400 block of West Lexington Street and was pronounced dead at 8:22 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The man was identified as Larry Matthews, 25, of the 1400 block of South Sawyer Avenue, according to the medical examiner’s office.
The man was found shot in the head about 10:25 a.m. Friday after officers on the scene for an earlier, unrelated death investigation, responded to the sound of gunfire when the man was attacked, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, initially in critical condition.
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