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CHICAGO (WLS) — A suspect has been charged with murder following a shooting on the South Side that reportedly involved two colleagues.
Chicago police have confirmed that 26-year-old Bobby Martin was apprehended after shots were fired on Tuesday at the intersection of 94th and Ashland.
Witnesses from a nearby establishment informed ABC7 that both Martin and the victim were employed by a security firm.
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According to officials, the victim succumbed to his injuries after being shot in a parking lot on the South Side earlier this week.
The suspect was detained shortly after the shooting incident on Tuesday afternoon, as per Chicago police reports.
Police said the shooting happened in the Brainerd neighborhood’s 9400-block of South Ashland Avenue around 3:30 p.m.
A known person approached a 32-year-old man, took out a handgun and fired shots, police said. The victim, shot in the stomach, was transported to Christ Hospital in critical condition. He later died, officials said.
On Wednesday, the Cook County Medical Examiner identified the victim as 32-year-old Antoine Alexander. He died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, and his death was being investigate as a homicide.
Investigators were staged near a Page Security parking lot on Tuesday.
Employees from a nearby business say the shooting happened after an altercation between two Page Security employees.
One of the employees told ABC7 they ran for cover after they witnessed the shooting. They said the shooter ran away.
Police recovered a gun from the scene. CPD later confirmed that one person was taken into custody.
Area detectives are investigating.
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