Negeal Smith fatally shot while sitting in car in North Lawndale

Negeal Smith was sitting in a car when he was shot to death early Thursday in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

The 20-year-old was sitting in the backseat of a vehicle in the 1400 block of South Lawndale at 12:05 a.m. when a male gunman walked up and fired shots, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Smith, who was shot in the head, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Smith lived in the 3600 block of West Douglas Blvd., about two blocks from the shooting scene.

Detective are investigating whether the incident may have been gang-related.

— Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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