Recardo Fonza, a 26-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on October 2, 2020, in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The shooting happened about 10 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 62nd Street. He suffered gunshot wounds to the right shoulder and hip and was taken by a friend to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed his identity and ruled the death a homicide after an autopsy the next day.

The killing occurred amid a weekend that saw 37 people shot in the city, five of them fatally. Area One detectives are investigating, but no arrests or suspects have been identified in Recardo Fonza’s case. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact investigators. Has anyone in the Chicago Lawn area seen or heard anything that could help this investigation?