Denero Appleton fatally shot in South Deering area

Denero Appleton was killed in a Sunday night shooting in the South Deering neighborhood.

Appleton, 31, was standing outside in the 9600 block of South Brennan Avenue when several people walked up and opened fire at 8:48 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Appleton, of the 9900 block of South Calhoun Avenue, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The gunmen ran off after the shooting and nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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