Edward M. Delgado, 20, a male, was found just after midnight on September 21, 2025, inside a silver SUV that had rolled onto its side along the 10100 block of South Avenue M on Chicago’s East Side. Officers initially answered a crash call at 12:34 a.m., then discovered that the driver—identified as Edward M. Delgado of Indiana—had been shot in the head. He was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
A weapon was recovered at the scene, police said.
The wrecked SUV had struck multiple unoccupied parked cars before coming to rest on its side, a jagged full stop that drew neighbors from their porches as emergency crews worked in the streetlights. In the minutes that followed, authorities learned that a 20-year-old woman had also been shot in the leg during the same incident; she made it to a nearby home to call for help and was later listed in good condition, according to broadcast reports.
Detectives canvassed the East Side block for cameras and witnesses as dawn crept in, marking the case as yet another collision of gunfire and asphalt in a neighborhood that straddles the city’s edge. By daybreak, police had not announced any arrests or named any suspects. As of the initial reporting, no one was in custody and investigators were still piecing together what led to the gunfire that killed Edward M. Delgado, 20.
Family notices and early remembrances soon identified him more fully as Edward Michael Delgado III, 20, tying his roots to the Calumet Region across the state line even as the fatal shots were recorded on Chicago’s map. The facts remained stark and spare: a young man’s life ended in a flipped SUV, a recovered firearm, and an open case waiting for answers.
