Shamar Thompson fatally shot in Englewood

Shamar Thompson was fatally shot in the Englewood neighborhood Monday morning.

Thompson, 18, was walking in the 5800 block of South Morgan Street when a maroon van pulled up and somebody inside opened fire at 11:40 a.m., authorities said.

Thompson, of the 5500 block of South Morgan Street, was shot multiple times and died about an hour later at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, authorities said.

The van fled after the shooting and nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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