William Lomax killed in Calumet Heights drive-by shooting

William Lomax was killed in a Friday morning drive-by shooting in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.

Lomax, 22, was a passenger in a car traveling north in the 9300 block of South Stony Island Avenue when a black car pulled up alongside and somebody inside opened fire about 11:40 a.m., authorities said.

Lomax, of the 10000 block of South Yates Avenue, was driven to a restaurant in the 8800 block of South Stony Island Avenue, authorities said.

Emergency crews took him from there to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he later died less than an hour later, authorities said.

Nobody has been charged in the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating if the shooting is gang related.

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