Chicago Police say a customer fatally shot Reginald Gildersleeve, who was trying to rob a business at gunpoint Saturday night in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood.
A man walked into a business that included a currency exchange in the 7200 block of West 51st Street about 7 p.m. Saturday and pulled a gun, threatened the employee behind the counter and announced a robbery, police department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
A customer in the store then pulled his own weapon and fired at the suspect, Guglielmi said. Other customers were in the business at the time, but authorities could not immediately say how many.
Gildersleeve, 55, of the 5000 block of South California was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene at 7:10 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Guglielmi said Gildersleeve had an extensive criminal history, including prior arrests for robbery.
The citizen who shot Gildersleeve has a concealed carry permit and an FOID card, Guglielmi said.
Area Central detectives are wrapping up the investigation and charges “do not appear likely,” according to a statement from Chicago Police.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire