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Christopher Walters, 24, Shot Dead In Grand Boulevard

By Evan F. Moore | October 19, 2016 10:05pm

GRAND BOULEVARD — A shooting in Grand Boulevard on Wednesday killed Christopher Walters, 24, authoirities said.

At 6:57 p.m., Walters in the 4700 block of South Prairie Avenue when he was shot in his leg and shoulder, said Officer Michelle Tannehill, a Chicago Police spokeswoman. He was taken to Northwestern Hospital.

Walters, of the 6200 block of South Champlain Avenue, was pronounced dead at 7:49 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

He was a documented gang member, police said. 

No further information is available, police said.

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