The shooting happened about 1:13 p.m. on the 4700 block of South Woodlawn Avenue, said Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.
The victim was identified as Tony McCoy, 20, of the 1100 block of East 47th Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Hours after the shooting, dozens of people still crowded around a driveway near Woodlawn Avenue where the body lay.
One bystander, Valencia Love, 40, had been driving to a friend's house nearby when she heard what she thought were fireworks. When she saw people running from the area screaming, she realized the sound was gunfire.
Among others in the crowd, McCoy's name could be heard in many conversations as onlookers pressed into red police tape to see the scene.
Standing nearby, Andre Coleman, 49, identified himself as McCoy's uncle and said many people in the neighborhood knew his nephew, who stood about 7 feet tall and played football and basketball for the park district.
"He was the quarterback because he could see over everybody," Coleman said.
Coleman, a CTA bus driver, was working this afternoon when his wife called to tell him his nephew had been shot.
"I asked her what color the tape was, she said red, meaning it was a murder," said Coleman.
He rushed to the scene, where he heard from people there that gunman had pulled a car in front of an eastbound No. 47 bus, gotten out and fired on McCoy in front of his apartment building.
Though he didn't see the shooting himself, Coleman said he immediately called a supervisor at the CTA on the chance that one of the bus security cameras captured images of the shooting.
Coleman said his nephew was robbed two days ago, but would not tell anyone who the perpetrators were.
McCoy's father, also named Tony McCoy, works for the Chicago Park District, and people in the neighborhood knew the younger McCoy as "Little Tony."
"Our family has never experienced anything like this," Coleman said.
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