Man shot to death in Kenwood parking lot

The 27-year-old was in the parking lot in the 1300 block of East 47th Street when a light-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire.

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A man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in a parking lot in Kenwood on the South Side.

About 4:10 p.m., Kier Carmichael-Smith was in the parking lot in the 1300 block of East 47th Street when a light-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The 27-year-old suffered multiple gunshot wounds and fled into a restaurant, police said. He was then transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

A firearm was recovered at the scene, police said.

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