Shaughnessy Simms / Photo from Chicago Police
Shaughnessy Simms Jr. has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting Jernale Richardson to death early Friday in the Austin neighborhood.
Simms, 31, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and is expected to appear in bond court later Saturday, authorities said.
Richardson, 36, was discovered about 3:50 a.m. Friday in the 5900 block of West Midway Park with gunshot wounds to the chest and head, authorities said. Simms lived on the block, according to police.
Richardson, of the 5100 block of West Ohio Street, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
— Sun-Times Media Wire