A 21-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Anthony Shorter, who was wounded in a shooting on Thanksgiving Day a few blocks from his home in the West Side Austin neighborhood, and died about two weeks later.
Tyrie Malik Williams was arrested last week and charged with murder and aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm, according to Chicago Police.
Shorter, 32, was walking with a 35-year-old man and Williams about 11:45 p.m. Nov. 24 in the 1600 block of North Latrobe, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s offices.
An argument started and Williams pulled out a handgun and fired shots, according to police.
Shorter was shot in the chest, abdomen and leg; and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 2:22 a.m. Monday, Dec. 12, according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived just a few blocks away.
The older man was shot in the leg and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where his condition was stabilized.
Williams appeared in court Thursday and was ordered held without bond, according to the Cook County SHeriff’s Dept. He will next appear in court on March 15.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire