Recently, after a 24-year-old shot a 61-year-old doorman in Chicago, the circumstances surrounding the shooting resulted in the younger man only being charged with unlawful use of a weapon. By all accounts, the doorman was remembered by all who knew him as someone who helped everyone he knew.
Reportedly, when the altercation occurred, the doorman was heading home from work and was on a pedestrian walking bridge near the CTA Blue Line platform at the intersection of South Peoria and Van Buren Street. A verbal disagreement between the two men escalated into an exchange of gunfire, with the older man pulling his gun first and shooting at the younger man, who then fired his own gun in self-defense.
The older man was shot in the head and subsequently died at the hospital. The CTA worker was questioned by police, then released, and charged with unlawful use of a weapon. While those who knew the older man are finding it difficult to believe he would use a weapon in an altercation, video of the incident supports the younger man’s claim of self-defense.