A 40-year-old man was shot to death early Saturday morning as he left a gas station in Englewood, police said, in an attack that unfolded just after 4:45 a.m. and ended with the gunman speeding off in a dark-colored SUV. The man's name has not been released.
According to ABC7 Chicago, the shooting happened in the 7100 block of South Vincennes Avenue. Police say an unidentified suspect approached the man, pulled out a gun, and opened fire before fleeing the scene.
The man was shot multiple times in the body, the outlet's report notes, and was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The suspect remains unidentified.
Investigation Remains Open, Few Details Released
Area One detectives are investigating the case, per the same account, and authorities had not immediately provided additional information as of Saturday. No arrests have been announced.
The shooting adds to a string of violent incidents at South Side gas stations in recent memory. In a separate case described by CBS News Chicago, an 18-year-old man was fatally shot while inside an Englewood gas station after four gunmen emerged from an unknown vehicle and opened fire, hitting him multiple times. That victim was also taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, and area detectives handled that investigation as well; the shooting happened around 4:18 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
Tracking Violent Crime on Chicago's South Side
Englewood remains one of the neighborhoods the City of Chicago tracks closely through its public safety data. The City of Chicago maintains a violent-crime dashboard that expands on the FBI's definition to include fatal and non-fatal shootings, homicides, aggravated assaults and batteries, robberies, and other offenses, with filters allowing residents to view data for specific areas such as Englewood.
No further information about Saturday's shooting has been released. Anyone with information is encouraged to cooperate with Area One detectives as the investigation continues.
