Lawrence T. Matchem, known as a crusader for anti-violence efforts, became the latest victim of Chicago violence when the 49-year-old was shot to death Monday afternoon in the South Side Oakland neighborhood.
About 12:30 p.m., officers found Matchem unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head in the 800 block of East 40th Street, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Matchem, who lived in the 4400 block of South La Crosse, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:44 p.m., authorities said.
A video about Matchem, known to friends as “Bookie,” was posted on Facebook and had been viewed thousands of time by Tuesday morning.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire