Police: Man Killed In Belmont Cragin Shooting
(STMW) -- A man coming back from church was shot and killed outside his home Sunday afternoon in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police and family members said.
Police said the 44-year-old man was shot about 2:20 p.m. in the 2800 block of North Lotus.
Family members—who identified the man as 44-year-old Luis Zuniga—said he had pulled up to his driveway after returning from church and was getting out of his white minivan when someone in a parked vehicle fired shots. Police said the shooter then drove off.
Zuniga was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and family members. The Cook County medical examiner's office could not confirm the fatality Sunday afternoon.
Eric Salvado, 21, who said he is Cuniga's brother-in-law, said Cuniga liked fixing cars and was a "really nice guy."
"I don't know why this happened," Salvado said. "This is the first time someone close to me died so I don't know what to think."
Zuniga's two daughters and stepson were among at least a dozen family members at the scene Sunday afternoon.
"I don't know why anyone would do this," Salvado said.
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