Zhanybek Kadaev, 32, was found fatally shot on January 6, 2025, in Chicago’s Near West Side. His body was discovered about 3:15 a.m. on the sidewalk in the 2100 block of West Gladys Avenue. He had a gunshot wound to his shoulder and a laceration to his temple and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled the death a homicide.

Kadaev lived on the 4100 block of North Marine Drive. The killing took place less than a mile from the United Center. Area 3 detectives are investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting; no suspects have been identified and no arrests have been announced. Few other details or motives have been released.

If anyone has information about Kadaev, his movements that night, or who might have been near West Gladys Avenue in the early hours of January 6, please share what is known with investigators.