Jamar Jackson fatally shot in East Chatham


Jamar Jackson was shot and killed Thursday night in the East Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.

The 22-year-old was standing on a sidewalk just before 8 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Ellis when a grey sedan pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Jackson, of the 11800 block of South Michigan, was shot in the head, buttocks and right calf. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 8:18 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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