Marquis Mitchell fatally shot during attempted robbery in North Lawndale

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:29:50 -0500

Marquis Mitchell was shot to death late Sunday during an attempted robbery in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

A man who was sitting in a parked vehicle was shot to death late Sunday in the North Lawndale neighborhood. | Network Video Productions

About 11:05 p.m., the 32-year-old Mitchell was behind the wheel of a parked car with a passenger in the 1500 block of South Kildare when someone rode up on a bicycle and tried to rob them, police said.

When Mitchell started to drive away, the person on the bicycle opened fire, police said.

The man was shot in the left side and drove to the 1800 block of South Kildare, where the car crashed into a fence, police said.

Mitchell, who lived in the 2400 block of West Madison, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No one else was injured in the shooting, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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Marquis Mitchell fatally shot during attempted robbery in North Lawndale