Comment of the Day: "Your smiles, hugs and late night text will be missed."

Will Hager — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:17:32 -0600

Andre Bunton was fatally shot in mid-July sitting in his car in the South Loop. Reader Tonja Suzanne posted this about him:

"Your smiles, hugs and late night text will be missed. A good man gone to soon. I love you and my heart aches for your family. They are in my prayers... R.I.P Dre"

Dolton man shot to death in South Loop

Brian Slodysko — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 02:31:10 -0500

A Dolton man was shot to death while he sat in a car in the South Loop late Thursday night.

Andre Bunton, 37, was sitting in a car in the 200 block of East 16th Place about 11:25 p.m. when shots were fired and at least one bullet struck him in the chest, authorities said.

Bunton the then tried to drive away from the scene but lost control of the car, striking two parked vehicles, said police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro.

Bunton, of the 14300 block of Lincoln Avenue in Dolton, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he died one minute after midnight, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Police released few other details about the homicide.

No one was in custody as Area Central detectives investigated.

Andre Bunton | Homicide Watch Chicago

Comment of the Day: "Your smiles, hugs and late night text will be missed."

Dolton man shot to death in South Loop