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Man Killed In Irving Park Shooting

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man was killed in a shooting early Saturday in the North Side Irving Park neighborhood.

Lucas Zimmerman, 34, was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds in a convenience store parking lot in the 3900 block of North Kimball Avenue at about 12:10 a.m., authorities said.

Witnesses told police Zimmerman was shot in an alley in the 3300 block of West Irving Park Road before stumbling to the parking lot, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said. He was shot in the arm and face, Alfaro added.

Zimmerman, of the 4800 block of North Damen Avenue, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:25 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

He was the second person to be killed by gunfire in the Irving Park neighborhood in the last week.

No one was in custody Saturday morning as Area North detectives investigated.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2013. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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