A 41-year-old man died Saturday evening after being shot in the face on the 7500 block of South Kingston Avenue in South Shore, according to Chicago police. The shooting happened about 6:36 p.m., and the man was rushed to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said the man was struck by gunfire in the face on that block of South Kingston Avenue, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Area detectives are investigating the shooting.
A Block With a History of Gunfire
Saturday's shooting is not the first outbreak of violence on that stretch of South Kingston Avenue. In August 2025, a 30-year-old man was shot in the ankle while standing outside on the same block during an overnight wave of shootings across Chicago, according to CWBChicago. A year earlier, in August 2024, a 64-year-old man was wounded on the 7500 block when a firearm discharged inside an upstairs apartment unit, per CBS News.
The block's history of gun violence goes back further still. Cook County prosecutors charged three men with first-degree murder in connection with the July 2020 fatal shooting of 38-year-old Willie Goins in the same 7500 block, according to FOX 32 Chicago.
The man who died Saturday was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, which reopened its Level 1 adult trauma center in May 2018 after a 30-year absence of adult trauma care on the South Side, according to UChicago Medicine. The facility's return followed years of community advocacy.
Part of a Larger Pattern in South Shore
Saturday's killing adds to a string of shootings Hoodline has tracked in South Shore in recent weeks, including a man shot in the stomach after an argument on 77th Street on September 14 and, just weeks earlier, a 37-year-old man was killed on Stony Island Avenue on September 3 after a woman approached him.
South Shore has seen repeated shootings. The Chicago Police Department's 2025 Annual Report, published in June 2026, found homicides fell 29% citywide compared with 2024. Even as that broader number improves, blocks like the 7500 block of South Kingston Avenue continue to see repeated bursts of gun violence.
What Comes Next
Area Two Detectives continue to investigate Saturday's shooting.
