CHICAGO (WLS) — A man was found shot to death inside a South Side home on Saturday morning, Chicago police said.
The shooting appears to mark Chicago’s first known homicide of 2026.
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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.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Marcos Almeida.
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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