Murders continue un-abated

13 shot, 3 fatally, Monday in Chicago

The day’s most recent fatal shooting killed a 21-year-old man in the 8000 block of South Stewart Avenue in Gresham. 

By Sun-Times Wire Jul 14, 2020, 3:45am CDT


Thirteen people were shot, 3 fatally, July 13, 2020, in Chicago. Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Thirteen people were shot, three of them fatally, Monday in Chicago.

The day’s most recent fatal shooting killed a 21-year-old man in Gresham on the South Side.

Officers responded to a call of a person shot about 10:42 p.m. and found him laying on the ground in the 8000 block of South Stewart Avenue, Chicago police said. He was shot in the back and head.

The man was pronounced dead on the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released details about his death.

Witnesses on the scene were uncooperative with investigators, police said.

Monday morning, a 27-year-old man was shot dead Park Manor on the South Side.

He was on the street about 1:45 a.m. in the 6700 block of South Rhodes Avenue when someone fired shots from a vehicle, police said.

Shamari K. Smith was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in Park Manor.

Just over an hour prior, a 26-year-old man was shot dead in Lawndale on the West Side.

He was standing on the sidewalk about 12:24 a.m. in the 1500 block of South Homan Avenue when he was gunned down, police said. He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Marshawn Thomas. He lived in Lawndale.