Kevin Nichols was standing on porch when he was shot to death in Austiin

Kevin Nichols was shot to death while standing on a porch in Austin on Monday night.

Nichols, 25, was standing on a porch with a female in the 400 block of North Lawler about 9:35 p.m., when another male walked up and shot him in the chest, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nichols, who lived on the same block, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:21 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire