By ALEXANDRA KUKULKA
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Brandon Young | Chicago Police
Brandon Young, of the 2200 block of East 102nd Street, was charged with first-degree murder after he was identified as the person who fatally stabbed the 43-year-old Smith, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
At 12:25 a.m., police responded to a call of a battery in progress in a home in the 7800 block of South South Shore Drive. Police found Smith in a hallway on the second floor with stab wounds to the head and body, authorities said.
Smith, of the 8100 block of South Bishop Street, was transported to Northwestern Hospital where he died at 1:11 a.m., authorities said.
An autopsy Saturday found he died of multiple sharp force injuries, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Young was ordered held without bond Monday.