A 21-year-old man died after being shot in the back Saturday evening in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Police responded to a call of shots fired in the 900 block of North Hamlin Avenue at about 6:50 p.m., said Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. When they arrived, they found a man shot in the back, Gaines said.
Elzie Johnson, 21, was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:59 p.m., according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Johnson was arguing with a man in the street, according to witnesses. The man walked off, but returned with a gun and shot Johnson in the back, Gaines said.
No one is in custody for the shooting. Police are investigating.
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