Man Shot And Killed In Chatham
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man was shot to death early Thursday in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
The man, who was in his 30s, was inside an establishment in the 7600 block of South Cottage Grove about 2:40 a.m. when he got into an argument with two other males, according to police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.
The argument spilled out onto the street, at which point one of the males pulled out a gun and shot the man in the head, Zala said. He was dead at the scene.
The Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed the death but did not release further details early Thursday.
The crime scene stretched for half a block on Cottage Grove between 76th and 77th. The man's body could be seen lying in the street covered with a white sheet.
Five or six shell casings could be seen surrounding a blue clothing donation bin across the street from the bar.
One of the man's friends, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the two of them were drinking with a group of friends in Murphy's Lounge when they got into a fight with another group of men.
He said that his friend knew some of the men in the other group, and that the fight de-escalated before everyone left the bar. "Everything was fine…[and] they went to their car."
Then, he said, when everyone was in their cars, the victim got out and walked over to apologize to the other men. While he was talking to them, someone in the group punched the victim. The man said he joined the fight to help his friend, and in the ensuing altercation someone from the other group started shooting.
"I heard at least five or six shots – point blank," the man said. "And then another guy started shooting at me from across the street. After that, they hopped in their car…and took off."
The man was a "stand up dude, hard working," he said. "We lost a good one."
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