$1 million bond for 25-year-old man charged with fatal shooting of Bruce Smith outside his Back of the Yards home

Lamar Chambers | Chicago Police

Lamar Chambers | Chicago Police

A Far South Side man was charged with shooting 51-year-old Bruce E. Smith to death last week in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Lamar Chambers, 25, faces first-degree murder charges for the Wednesday killing, according to Chicago Police.

About 12:35 a.m., the pair got into an argument in the street outside Smith’s home in the 5100 block of South Honore and Chambers shot the older man in the chest, authorities allege.

Bruce E. Smith | Facebook

Bruce E. Smith | Facebook


Smith was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:55 a.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Chambers, of the 11000 block of South Green, was ordered held on a $1 million bond at Friday, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. He is due in court again Oct. 12.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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