By SAM CHARLES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Surveillance photo shows the suspected shooter from the scene of a fatal shooting Wednesday night in the Gold Coast. | Chicago Police
A man who was fatally shot last week during a confrontation in the Gold Coast neighborhood has been identified as 27-year-old Larry Lawrence.
Lawrence was shot multiple times at 8:09 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, in the 1200 block of North Clark Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Lawrence, of the 6500 block of South King Drive, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:41 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
Surveillance photo of the suspect’s getaway vehicle last week after a fatal shooting Wednesday night in the Gold Coast. | Chicago Police
Witnesses said he was part of a group on one side of Clark Street that was arguing with a group on the other side.
Despite busy traffic, the groups converged in the middle of the street, at which point someone shot Lawrence twice, according to Dennis Trelinski, who saw the shooting from his eighth-floor balcony half a block south of the crime scene.
Even with two gunshot wounds, Lawrence continued to yell at the shooter from the asphalt, Trelinski said. The shooter, who had walked away, then walked back into the street and shot him several more times.
The shooter then got into a vehicle and drove away, police said.
Chicago Police have released two surveillance photos from the scene, one showing the suspected shooter and the other showing the getaway car.