Kewaun Clark, 33, was fatally shot just before dawn on Friday, August 22, 2025, while seated in a vehicle parked outside a motel near West 49th Street and South Archer Avenue in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood. First responders took him to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner’s autopsy ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds and classified the case as a homicide.

Officials identified Clark as being from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Detectives from Area One canvassed the motel area and set markers along South Archer Avenue as they gathered leads and spoke with potential witnesses. Police said no one was in custody, no suspect or motive had been publicly identified, and investigators continued to work the scene.

If anyone was in the Archer Heights area that morning or has information about who approached the parked vehicle, contact investigators with information.