Man fatally shot in drive-by in South ShoreSun-Times Wireon March 2, 2021 at 1:02 pm

A man was fatally shot Oct. 25, 2020, in the 1900 block of South St. Louis Avenue.
A 32-year-old man was fatally shot March 2, 2021, in the 7000 block of South Merrill Avenue. | Sun-Times file

About 2:40 a.m., he was walking with a group of people in the 7000 block of South Merrill Avenue, when someone inside a black minivan fired shots at them.

A 32-year-old man was fatally shot in a drive-by Tuesday morning in South Shore on the South Side.

About 2:40 a.m., he was walking with a group of people in the 7000 block of South Merrill Avenue, when someone inside a black minivan fired shots at them, Chicago police said.

He was struck in the abdomen and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified the man.

Area One detectives are investigating.

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