http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/kendrick-thorton/Latest news about Kendrick Thortonen-usMon, 22 Aug 2016 16:45:41 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/08/22/kendrick-thorton-of-bellwood-fatally-shot-on-sidewalk-in-west-garfield-park/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/1833.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/kendrick-thorton/">Kendrick Thorton </a>of west suburban Bellwood was shot to death in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon.</p> <p>Two other people walked up to the 22-year-old about 4:15 p.m. on a sidewalk near West End and Keystone avenues. At least one of them opened fire, striking him in the chest and abdomen, Chicago Police said.</p> <p>Thorton was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 1000 block of 24th Avenue in Bellwood.</p> <p>An autopsy Monday found he died of multiple gunshot wounds.</p> <p><em>--Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesMon, 22 Aug 2016 16:45:41 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/08/22/kendrick-thorton-of-bellwood-fatally-shot-on-sidewalk-in-west-garfield-park/Kendrick Thorton