Eric Armstrong, 44, was found unresponsive from a gunshot wound to the head on the 2600 block of West Wilcox Street in Chicago’s East Garfield Park. Officers discovered him around 9:15 p.m. on a summer Wednesday and he was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on July 9, 2025.

Area 4 detectives opened an investigation but early details offered little clarity. No arrests were announced and the person who fired the shot remained at large as investigators canvassed the neighborhood. Memorial pages and tributes began appearing at the site, placing his name and the date among the city’s recorded homicides while the inquiry remained open.

If anyone in East Garfield Park that night saw something or has information about Eric’s death, please come forward to investigators.