GOLD COAST — Police have identified a person of interest in a Gold Coast shooting June 29 that left a 27-year-old dead.
The shooting, which occurred at 8:09 p.m. near the Clark and Division Red Line stop, started as a fight over drugs between the victim and the shooter, according to Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy.
The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the victim Tuesday as Larry Lawrence, 27, of the 6500 block of South King Drive. He was pronounced dead at 8:41 p.m. that night at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The incident, which police said was a "targeted" shooting, was captured on police blue light camera surveillance video and is currently being reviewed by police, Roy said.
Roy said the video shows the shooter with a gun in his hand about to shoot Lawrence, who can be seen standing in the street. Within seconds of the shooting, Roy said, the shooter flees the scene in a black car.
Surveillance footage of the car the shooter used to flee the scene, according to police. [DNAinfo/Mina Bloom]
Using the footage, police have identified a person of interest, but have not yet issued a warrant for his arrest. Police urge anyone with information about the shooter to come forward.
"This is a work in progress. I've been on the phone with our detectives who have literally been working around the clock since this happened last night at 8 p.m.," Roy told reporters at a news conference Thursday morning.
Roy said police were able to identify the shooter so quickly thanks to the "cooperation between detectives, the bureau of patrol and other departments."
Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd), whose ward includes the incident, said the corner has been "subject to longstanding criminal activity."
Following the fatal shooting, police are increasing patrols at the busy corner, Hopkins said. But the alderman doesn't want to stop there.
"I am fully committed to growing police presence along these problem blocks for the long term," Hopkins said.
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