Man shot, killed while driving in South Shore
Chicago police investigate the scene where a man was shot and killed, Monday morning, in the 7500 block of South Coles, in the South Shore neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
CHICAGO - A man was killed in a shooting Monday in South Shore.
Damon Chandler, 32, was driving about 3:10 a.m. in the 7500 block of South Coles Avenue when someone unleashed gunfire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was struck in the head and crashed into a parked car.
Chandler, who lived in Chatham, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:45 a.m., authorities said. An autopsy released Tuesday found he died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide.
No one is in custody as Area South detectives investigate.