Update of Shooting Victim from Sept. 15th

City of Evanston, Illinois sent this bulletin at 09/18/2015 04:03 PM CDT

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Evanston Police Department Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18, 2015

Contact: Commander Joseph Dugan - Media Relations
Phone:   (847) 866-5026

email:  jdugan@cityofevanston.org

 

VICTIM FROM SHOOTING IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF EMERSON DIES

On September 15, 2015 at approximately 5:22PM in the rear of a residence in the 1900 block of Emerson Street, a male victim was shot one time in the head after four male black suspects approached and began to fire gunshots.  The male victim was transported to Evanston Hospital.  This afternoon, September 18, 2015 the victim died from the gunshot wound sustained in this incident.  The victim is identified as Cesario Cox Sr, 45 years of age and a resident of Evanston.  The Evanston Police Department detective division with the assistance of the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force (NORTAF) has been conducting an investigation into this incident since the day of occurrence.    

 

Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call the Evanston Police Department non-emergency number at (847) 866-5000 and ask for the detective bureau or utilize Text-A-Tip by sending an anonymous text message to CRIMES (274637) and typing EPDTIP in the message line followed by the information.