South Shore, Chicago shooting kills Marcos Almeida in 6700-block of South Jeffery Boulevard, marks city's 1st homicide of 2026: PD
A man was found shot to death inside a South Side home on Saturday morning, Chicago police said.
Police said the shooting marks Chicago's first known homicide of 2026.
A 51-year-old man was found unresponsive at the home in the South Shore neighborhood's 6700-block of South Jeffery Boulevard just before 9:30 a.m.
The victim, shot in the chest, head and back, was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.
What led up to the shooting was not immediately clear.
There is no one in custody, and Area One detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.
Further information was not immediately available.
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