http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/miles-alexander-kent/Latest news about Miles Alexander Kenten-usSun, 21 Aug 2016 10:50:31 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/08/21/christopher-kent-fatally-shot-a-block-from-his-home-in-west-chatham/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/1827.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/miles-alexander-kent/">Miles Alexander Kent</a> was killed in a shooting just a block from his home in the West Chatham neighborhood Friday evening, authorities said.</p> <p>The 26-year-old was shot multiple times at 5:24 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Lafayette Avenue, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Kent, known as Rico, who lived in the 8000 block of South Buffalo, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/8zf2b8">GoFundMe</a> page has been set up to help the family and to pay funeral expenses.</p> <p><em>--Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesSun, 21 Aug 2016 10:50:31 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/08/21/christopher-kent-fatally-shot-a-block-from-his-home-in-west-chatham/Miles Alexander Kent