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Man Killed In Garfield Park Shooting

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man was killed in a shooting in Garfield Park Saturday night on the West Side, police said.

Jason Jernigan, 27, was discovered in a vacant lot in the 3300 block of West Van Buren Street with gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen about 10:50 p.m., according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Jernigan, of the 3400 block of West Adams Street, was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:07 p.m., authorities said.

No one was in custody 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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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