Aaron Smith fatally shot while standing on the street in South Shore

Aaron M. Smith was shot to death Wednesday night in the South Shore neighborhood.

Smith, 36, was standing on the street at 11:10 p.m. in the 7400 block of South Chappel when he heard shots and realized he’d been struck, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and groin, and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy found the cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds.

Smith lived in the 7400 block of South Shore Drive.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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