Gary Man Charged With 2011 Murder In Pullman
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A northwest Indiana man has been charged with shooting a man to death five years ago in the Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Dewann Crook, 37, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm for the March 14, 2011, shooting that left Clint Eldridge dead and another man wounded, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Crook fired a gun in the 600 block of East 115th Street at 1:38 p.m. and struck Eldridge, 38, in the head, authorities said.
Eldridge, who lived in the 9300 block of South King, was dead at the scene, the medical examiner's office said.
A 27-year-old man was also struck in the right arm by gunfire, police said.
Crook, who lives in the 3700 block of Johnson Street in Gary, Indiana, was arrested Wednesday, according to police. He was expected to appear in bond court Friday.
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