Devonte Gipson, 33, was fatally shot on the afternoon of June 27, 2025, in Chicago’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Police said he was in an alley in the 1400 block of West 94th Street around 3:10 p.m. when someone approached and opened fire, striking him in the groin. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where the Cook County medical examiner and Chicago police say he was pronounced dead.

The assailant fled the scene and detectives opened a homicide investigation. Officers canvassed the area for witnesses and surveillance footage; independent incident logs and memorial listings for that day corroborate the date and location. Authorities had not announced any arrests or identified a suspect or a motive in the immediate aftermath.

If anyone has information about the shooting in the 1400 block of West 94th Street on June 27, 2025, please come forward to investigators.