Chicago shooting: Man dies after being shot multiple times near Walmart in Chatham
CHICAGO (CBS) – A man is dead after being shot multiple times in Chatham Wednesday evening.
The 51-year-old victim was in the 8300 block of South Stewart Avenue around 5:30 p.m. when an unknown suspect shot him multiple times, police said.
Police at the scene had part of Stewart Avenue taped off. The scene is steps from the Walmart Supercenter at 8431 S. Stewart Ave.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Area 2 detectives are investigating.
This was not the first time in recent months that a deadly shooting has happened outside of that same Walmart.
In January, 23-year-old Devasish Nandepu - a graduate student from India - was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Walmart.
A 22-year-old man was shot and wounded in that incident.
a 14-year-old boy has been charged as the suspected shooter in that case.
