Howard Coleman-Patton, 35, was found slumped over the wheel of a car on the evening of June 7, 2025, in the 2000 block of East 79th Street in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Police said he had been shot in the right arm; a 4-year-old boy in the backseat was unharmed. Coleman-Patton was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead at 6:46 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Detectives said no one was in custody and did not release details about a suspect or a motive. Public gun violence logs and later memorial listings include his name and age among Chicago’s 2025 homicide victims. If anyone saw activity in the area of East 79th Street and South Shore on June 7 or has information about this shooting, please share what is known with investigators.