Chicago man charged in 2021 fatal shooting on West Side
Ishmael Simpson | Chicago police
CHICAGO - A man is facing charges in a shooting last year that killed a man in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
Ishmael Simpson, 24, is accused entering a business around 7 p.m. on April 16, 2021 in the 3600 block of West 16th and shooting 18-year-old Jawon L. Ward, according to police.
Ward suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and face and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
A 44-year-old woman was also wounded in the shooting but was hospitalized in good condition, police said.
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Simpson was arrested Sunday and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, police said.
He also faces three misdemeanor counts for resisting or obstructing a peace officer.
Simpson, of Lawndale, is due in court Tuesday.