Police rolled up near 66th Street and Loomis Boulevard in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood around 5:45 p.m. A report came in about a man shot by an alley. They found Cap Folly, 23 years old, with multiple gunshot wounds. He went straight to the University of Chicago Hospital and was pronounced dead there.
The younger brother feels it the hardest. He keeps replaying the last time they talked. Cap was the older one who seemed solid. Now the brother walks around with questions that have no answers and a chest that feels tight all day.
This was not just another name on a list. Cap Folly mattered to the people under his roof. He was the son who came home and the brother who stayed close. His absence leaves the kind of silence that fills every room.
Investigators keep working the case. They have the time and place locked down but not much else public yet. The family waits for any word while they handle the funeral plans.
Englewood has seen too many evenings like this one. A young man ends up in the hospital and never walks out. Cap’s people say they never saw it coming that day.
The brother describes the ache as something words cannot touch. He talks about shared meals and late-night talks that stopped cold. Those pieces of regular life now carry extra weight.
Cap Folly leaves behind a family trying to stand up under the loss. They hold on to the good days and hope the pain eases some with time. The neighborhood knows the story too well.
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