Man killed in South Shore shooting

Sun-Times Media Wire; April 8, 2013 7:16PM

A man was shot dead Monday morning, about a block away from his South Shore neighborhood home.

Several males approached the man about 8:30 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Dorchester Avenue, and one started shooting, striking the man in the chest and arm, police said.

Robert Gholson, 28, of the 1300 block of East 74th Street, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

The victim and the suspected gunman are documented gang members, according to police.

No one is in custody and Area Central detectives are investigating.

 

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