John Brunious, 60, was fatally shot in the head during a domestic disturbance inside a home on the 5400 block of West Ferdinand Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago on the morning of March 11, 2025. Paramedics arrived about 8:40 a.m. and Brunious was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled the death a homicide.

A 39-year-old woman was also shot in the left thigh and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition. Police scanner traffic indicated the shooting may have resulted from a struggle over a firearm. Area 4 detectives are investigating, and authorities have not disclosed arrests or identified suspects.

Did anyone in the Austin neighborhood see or hear anything that morning, or have information about who was in that home?