A man was fatally shot in an alley in North Lawndale in the early morning of December 9, 2025. Around 12:37 a.m., officers found a male victim in the 1800 block of South Ridgeway Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The Cook County medical examiner later identified him as 29-year-old Mikal Stevens.

Area Three detectives are handling the investigation. No arrests had been announced and police did not release descriptions of any suspects in the days after the shooting. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and appealed for witnesses and any surveillance footage from the South Ridgeway Avenue area to help determine why Stevens was in the alley and who fired the shots.

Did anyone in North Lawndale see activity near South Ridgeway Avenue that night or have footage that might help investigators?