A 59-year-old man was shot in the head Tuesday evening in the 10500 block of South Eggleston Avenue and later died at a hospital, according to Chicago police. The shooting happened at 6:01 p.m., and no one has been taken into custody as detectives continue investigating.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he later died from the gunshot wound. Police said no one is in custody and that the investigation is ongoing. CBS Chicago reported the shooting occurred on the Far South Side and that the man was pronounced dead at the hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the head from unknown gunfire.
Few Details Released So Far
Area detectives are investigating the shooting, but police have not released information about a suspect, a motive, or the weapon used. The outlet's report notes that no further information was immediately available as of Tuesday night.
The location places the shooting on Chicago's Far South Side, an area that has seen other violent incidents in recent memory. A separate shooting, reported by ABC7 Chicago, described a 33-year-old man who was shot in the chest by someone inside a white vehicle while standing outside in the 200 block of West 105th Place. That victim was taken in serious condition to Roseland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, and Area Two detectives investigated that case as well, with no one in custody.
Citywide Violence Trends Through Summer
Tuesday's shooting comes amid a year that has otherwise tracked close to 2025's historically low violence figures in Chicago. The city recorded 39 homicides in August 2026, its lowest August total since 2011, according to WTTW News. That brought the year's homicide total to 289 through the end of August, just two more than the city had recorded at the same point in 2025.
The station's report also found that shooting incidents dropped nearly 20% in August compared with the same month a year earlier, with 141 shooting incidents and 198 people shot that month. Through the first eight months of 2026, 1,264 people had been shot citywide, about 1% fewer than over the same stretch in 2025. Police also recovered 1,049 firearms in August alone and 7,346 since the start of the year, per the same account.
No arrests have been announced in connection with Tuesday's shooting in Roseland, and police have not said whether they have identified a suspect. The investigation remains active.
