Overview
- A 74-year-old man was shot twice inside a residence on the 8100 block of South Laflin Street and later died at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said Friday.
- The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Fred Winsley Jr., 74.
- Police arrested 20-year-old Elijah Winsley about four hours after the shooting near the 7800 block of South Halsted Street and booked him on a first-degree murder charge.
- Winsley was scheduled to appear for a detention hearing in Cook County Criminal Court and local reports note a prior June 2024 arrest for battery and resisting officers.
- Authorities have not disclosed a motive or the specific relationship between the defendant and the victim, leaving key investigative questions as the case moves through pretrial proceedings and local reporting on South Side gun violence continues.