Overview
- A fight that began inside The Dime on Sunday spilled onto the 2200 block of North Lincoln Avenue and ended when a 30-year-old man, identified by the Cook County medical examiner as Malik McCorkle, was shot and later died at Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
- Interim Supt. Fred Waller issued a Summary Closure Order on Tuesday that immediately shuttered The Dime for up to six months, a rare authority that lets police close businesses without a hearing when a violent crime is directly tied to the establishment.
- Neighbors and nearby bar owners provided surveillance video to detectives showing multiple armed men arguing outside the bar and the confrontation that led to gunfire, and police recovered a firearm at the scene.
- Accounts differ on custody and charges: police initially said a suspect was taken in and charges were pending but later reports say a person of interest was questioned and released and prosecutors have said the evidence did not support charges in the case.
- Ald. Timmy Knudsen and residents have pushed for restrictions for months and city officials say The Dime could reopen only after negotiating a nuisance-abatement plan or face a separate, longer liquor-license revocation process.