Man Shot To Death, Thought To Be 'Freak Accident' In Rosemoor
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was shot to death Tuesday night in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side.
32-year-old Demarco V. Kennedy was sitting at the kitchen table of a home in the 600 block of East 102nd Place; at about 8 p.m., bullets flew through the window, hitting him in the neck.
Police said Kennedy was not the intended target, CBS 2's Marissa Bailey reports. The family are going as far as calling this a "freak accident."
Kennedy, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:14 p.m., authorities said.
Investigators said the gunshots came from the parking lot of a Popeye's restaurant, just behind the house. But as of now, there are no suspects or leads in the case.
"Just some young guys doing what they always do," said Lorenzo Kennedy, the victim's older bother. "They don't know how to shoot, got a hold of some guns and di some shooting and the bullet ricocheted off of something and bounced and hit my brother."
Kennedy was a husband and father of three. Family members say Demarco Kennedy was the guy in the family everyone looked up to.
Kennedy worked the overnight shift at the BNSF Railyard at 43rd and Kedzie. Co-workers were told by BNSF management not to talk on camera, but said Demarco Kennedy was a great man, a good, hard worker and well-respected.
The bullet holes in the window are now a constant, empty reminder of the random violence.
Kennedy's older brother said Demarco's legacy will live on, in the simple, loving life he exemplified every day.
"He'd been with his girl, he's been with her since they were 14 years old," Lorenzo Kennedy said. " They had their first kid when they were 16 years old and they moved together and then raised their kids together and got married and had more kids. He was a family man."
Investigators said they are still working on leads and looking for suspects. If you have any information on this murder, you are asked to call Chicago Police.