Kerry Flanagan, 49, was fatally shot on the evening of April 14, 2026, in Chicago’s Calumet Heights neighborhood. The shooting happened just before 8 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Paxton Avenue while Flanagan was driving; he was struck twice in the head, tried to drive away, then crashed. Emergency services took him to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

Area Two detectives are handling the investigation and had not identified suspects or a motive in the days after the shooting. No arrests have been announced. If anyone saw the shooting, the crash, or has information about movements in the 8800 block of South Paxton Avenue that evening, please share what is known.