A South Side man out on parole for attempted murder is accused with fatally shooting another man in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, Chicago police said this morning.
Anthony Smith, 26, was charged with first-degree murder in the Sunday morning slaying of Hansen Jackson, police said in a news release.
After hearing gunshots near the intersection of Chicago and Ridgeway avenues just before 2 a.m. Sunday, police officers actually saw Smith fire multiple shots at the 29-year-old victim, authorities said.
And how's this for irony?
Gunned down across the street from an anti-violence mural, Jackson was one of 15 people shot -- and second fatality -- during between Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
Police didn't offer a motive for the slaying.
We're going to guess dope. Call it a shot in the dark, but we're on pretty firm ground here.