Store manager JQuinn McCune was fatally shot while trying to stop a shoplifter at a Family Dollar store in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Tuesday evening on the South Side.
McCune, 30, was working at the store in the 7900 block of South Ashland when he saw someone inside stealing items about 5:30 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
When confronted, the shoplifter pulled out a gun and opened fire, hitting him in the chest, police said.
McCune, who was originally from Flint, Michigan, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he later died, authorities said.
The shooter ran away, police said. No one was in custody as of Wednesday morning as police review video surveillance from nearby stores.
A spokesman for Family Dollar released a statement saying: “We are currently working with authorities in Chicago to fully understand the situation, and we are assisting them in every way we can as they conduct their investigation. As this is an active investigation, I am unable to comment further.”
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire