Sheldon G. Fulford, 53, was found unresponsive on the afternoon of September 21, 2025, in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood. Officers discovered him around 3:15 p.m. in the 11800 block of South Emerald Avenue; he was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead. Authorities identified him as being from Bloomington, Illinois.

Initial scene reports say no shell casings were recovered and the 911 caller who found Fulford did not see a gunman nearby, details that leave questions about how the shooting unfolded on that residential stretch of the Far South Side. As of the latest public update, no arrests had been announced and no suspects were in custody while detectives continued to investigate.

Did anyone in West Pullman see or hear something that afternoon that could help investigators?