Devon Beal, 30, was fatally shot on September 9, 2024, in the West Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. According to investigators, Beal was driving westbound on 79th Street around 4:30 p.m. when a sedan pulled up and someone inside fired multiple shots. Beal sustained gunshot wounds to his head and body and crashed into a pole near the intersection; he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Devon Beal.

Area Two detectives are handling the investigation but have not released further details, and no one is in custody. This incident is another fatal shooting amid ongoing gun violence in the city. If anyone has information about what happened on 79th Street that afternoon or about the sedan involved, please come forward to investigators.