A man was fatally shot Tuesday in Chatham on the South Side.
The 20-year-old was in the street about 7 p.m. in the 300 block of East 86th Street when someone opened fire, striking him in the chest, Chicago police said.
He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:17 p.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
He was identified as Nykere Curtis by the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy released Wednesday ruled his death a homicide.
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16 shot, 1 fatally, Monday in Chicago
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Just after midnight, a car was shot at on I-290 and crashed near the exit ramp to Damen Avenue, Illinois State Police said. The driver of the vehicle was shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was listed as a 22-year-old man by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His name hasn’t been released. Two passengers in the vehicle were also shot and taken to a hospital for treatment. The other two passengers were not injured. Troopers also found another crashed vehicle on I-290 near the Ashland Avenue exit. The vehicle was empty.
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Sixteen people were shot, one fatally, Monday in Chicago including a man who was killed and two others injured in a shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway near Damen Avenue.
Just after midnight, a car was shot at on I-290 and crashed near the exit ramp to Damen Avenue, Illinois State Police said. The driver of the vehicle was shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was listed as a 22-year-old man by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His name hasn’t been released. Two passengers in the vehicle were also shot and taken to a hospital for treatment. The other two passengers were not injured. Troopers also found another crashed vehicle on I-290 near the Ashland Avenue exit. The vehicle was empty.