Chicago police said around 1 a.m. on July 4, 2024, in the 6200 block of South Laflin Street, a 34-year-old man was outside when he was shot in the neck by someone who fled the scene on foot.

The Illinois Conservation Police, along with the Chicago Police Department, spoke with witnesses, reviewed video, and found the coyote's carcass after it had been shot on the railroad tracks with a bow and then stomped.