Police say 68-year-old Cayetano Sandoval was shot in the chest several times just before 2 a.m. near the intersection of Spaulding and Armitage avenues. Police said he had multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Witnesses say two men tried to rob Sandoval before knocking him to the ground, shooting him and running off.
No one is in custody.