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20-Year-Old Man Killed in Austin Shooting Friday, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | March 12, 2016 10:08am

CHICAGO — A 20-year-old man was shot to death in Austin on Friday, police said.

At 5:45 p.m., the man was in a car in the 800 block of North Latrobe Avenue when someone fired shots in his direction, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago Police spokeswoman. The man was shot multiple times throughout his body and taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

Tarell Williams, of suburban Plainfield, died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. His death was ruled a homicide. 

No one was in custody.

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