Man, 25, fatally wounded overnight in West Woodlawn neighborhood, cops say

A 25-year-old man was fatally wounded overnight during an argument in the West Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said.

Shortly before 1:45 a.m., the victim was in in an alley in the 6100 block of South King Drive when he was involved in an argument with someone he knew, police said. The person he was arguing with pulled out a gun and shot the victim several times.

The victim’s family began driving him to a hospital when they flagged down police in the 6500 block of South King Drive. An ambulance was called to the scene and the victim was taken to UChicago Medicine where he was pronounced dead.

The gunman has yet to be arrested, and detectives were investigating.

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