Chad Collins fatally shot in South Shore community

Photo by Brian Jackson / Sun-Times
Photo by Brian Jackson / Chicago Sun-Times

Chad Collins was fatally shot Monday night in the South Shore neighborhood.

Collins, 36, was shot in the leg just before 7 p.m. Monday in the 2300 block of East 75th Street, authorities said.

Collins, of Harvey, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 8:04 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A Tuesday autopsy determined Collins died of multiple gunshot wounds and the death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office. A secondary cause of death was listed as prior gunshot wounds.

Nobody has been charged in the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating if the killing was gang related.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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— Photos by Brian Jackson / Chicago Sun-Times

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