Tony Goodrich Sr. was fatally shot Tuesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
About 8:15 p.m., the 44-year-old Goodrich was in the 12300 block of South Emerald Drive, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Someone walked up to him, fired shots and ran away, police said.
Goodrich, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:32 p.m., authorities said.
Area South detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.
On a GoFundMe page set up to help with funeral expenses, Goodrich's son wrote: "My father, Mr. Tony Goodrich Sr. was a great man. He loved and cared for any and everybody, literally!!! My father wasn't a selfish man at all. He touched a lot of people; but I can say that he made me whom I am today.
"Truly, I really hate that I had to lose him to senseless gun violence; my father wasn't that kind of man. This has effected so many people in the most hurtful way. I'm not even sure how to come to you all for this kind of support but if you knew Tony; you know that he would help anybody."
--Chicago Sun-Times Wire and Homicide Watch Chicago