Three men charged with murder in Old Town shooting death of Nacurvie Smith

Matthew Cobbs / Photo from Chicago Police
Matthew Cobbs / Photo from Chicago Police

Three men have been charged with murder in the shooting death of Nacurvie Smith early Sunday in the Old Town community.

Police found Smith, 27, shot multiple times inside a crashed vehicle in the 400 block of West Evergreen Avenue about 3:15 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Smith, of the 1200 block of North Cleveland Avenue, died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Eddie Robert Simmons, 21, Ahmed Martinez Walker, 18, and Matthew Cobbs, 20, were seen leaving the scene of the shooting and were “quickly placed into custody on the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290), police said.

Simmons, of the 3400 block of West 5th Avenue, Walker, of the 700 block of West 50th Place, and Cobbs, of the 2700 block of North Francisco Avenue, were each charged with first-degree murder, police said.

All three are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for a bond hearing.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

Eddie Simmons / Photo from Chicago Police
Eddie Simmons / Photo from Chicago Police

Ahmed Walker / Photo from Chicago Police
Ahmed Walker / Photo from Chicago Police

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