Near West Side: Man delivering food fatally shot

Qiaoming Shao was sitting in a car in the 1300 block of West Grenshaw Street when a person walked up and fired shots, police said.

Flashing lights on a police vehicle. — A man was shot Sept. 27, 2021, as he attempted to deliver food on the Near West Side.

A man was fatally shot while delivering food on the Near West Side Monday evening.

Qiaoming Shao, 57, was sitting in a car in the 1300 block of West Grenshaw Street when a person walked up and fired shots about 8:30 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was struck in the chest and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Police said they did not know if the attack was a robbery or a carjacking. No one was in custody.

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Man delivering food fatally shot on the Near West Side

Qiaoming Shao was sitting in a car in the 1300 block of West Grenshaw Street when a person walked up and fired shots, police said.