40-year-old man shot and killed in altercation at South Shore gas station overnight, Chicago police say

CHICAGO — A 40-year-old man was shot and killed in an altercation at a South Shore gas station overnight, according to Chicago police.

The man became engaged in a verbal altercation with someone he didn’t know, police say, around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday at a gas station in the 7400 block of South Stony Island Avenue.

After the altercation escalated and became physical, police say the offender took out a gun and fired shots, hitting the victim several times in the body before fleeing in a white vehicle. The victim was treated by the Chicago Fire Department but was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say nobody is in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.


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