Chicago Police say 19-year-old Carlos James was fatally shot by a man he attempted to rob Friday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
The 33-year-old man was in the 4800 block of West Ferdinand to purchase something he saw for sale online. He was confronted by the teen, who announced a robbery and showed a gun, police said. A struggle ensued, and James was shot in the chest about 12:25 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Jame, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:30 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived in the same block as the shooting.
Police said the older man suffered bruises during the struggle, and that a single gun was recovered at the scene. Area North detectives were investigating.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire