Man shot in July, 2011 dies, death declared manslaughter

 

  (Tribune illustration / March 19, 2012)
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11:22 a.m. CST, December 24, 2012

The Saturday death of a 55-year-old Melrose Park man who was shot in July on the South Side has been ruled a manslaughter, authorities said.

Reginald Thomas was sitting in a car with a 57-year-old woman about 12:30 a.m. July 11 in the 7200 block of South Dobson Avenue in the Grand Crossing neighborhood when another car pulled up and someone inside fired shots at them – hitting both in the head, according to Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan.

The shooter's car fled and Thomas was initially taken in critical condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County while the woman's condition had stabilized that day, according to Sullivan.

Thomas was pronounced dead at 1:04 p.m. Saturday at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

An autopsy performed Sunday for Thomas, of the 7700 block of West Grand Avenue in west suburban Melrose Park, determined he died of complications from a gunshot wound and his death was ruled a manslaughter, according to the medical examiner's office.

A motive for the attack was unclear and Sullivan said no arrests have been made in the slaying.

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