Chicago cleaning worker killed in Little Village shooting identified as Armando Viveros Cortés
Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man who died days after being shot while riding home from work early on Saturday, August 8.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 18, 2026, 9:57 p.m. ET
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Aug 18, 2026, 9:57 p.m. ETFirst report
Cleaning worker shot while driving home in Chicago's Little Village dies four days later
Four cleaning employees were driving home from work in the early hours of Saturday, Aug. 8, when shots were heard on the 2400 block of South Central Park Avenue in Chicago at about 2:40 a.m., the Chicago Police Department said. One of the four was struck in the head, police said.
That man, Armando Viveros Cortés, was pronounced dead at 3:03 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, which released his name. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday, Aug. 14, according to the Chicago Sun-Times and La Voz Chicago.
Police have identified the location only to the block. Area 4 detectives are investigating, the department said. No arrest has been announced in the facts available, and police have not said what led to the shooting. The circumstances have not been determined.
The investigation remains open and further details may emerge.
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