Chicago man charged with murder after fatal South Side shooting

A 53-year-old Chicago man was arrested several hours after a fatal shooting on the city's South Side.

Trivell Pruitt is charged with one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder. He was arrested at 8:29 p.m., Feb. 26, according to Chicago police.

Police say Pruitt shot and killed a 59-year-old man and shot a 30-year-old man, leaving him seriously injured, in the 7100 block of S. State Street.

The identity of the 59-year-old man hasn't been released.

Pruitt's detention hearing is set for Feb. 29. 
 

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