Dolton man, 18, charged in Chatham fatal shooting

Jeremiah Marques Williams-Frett, 20, was shot in his chest and found unresponsive Jan. 31 in the 8000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue.

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Phillip Sherman of Dolton was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting a 20-year-old man in Chatham in January, police said Friday.

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An 18-year-old Dolton resident was charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting a man in Chatham earlier this year, Chicago police said Friday.

Phillip Sherman was expected to appear for a detention hearing on the charge later Friday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Jeremiah Marques Williams-Frett, 20, was shot in his chest and found unresponsive about 1:35 p.m. on Jan. 31 in the 8000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, police said at the time.

Williams-Frett, who died of a gunshot wound to his chest, was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead at 2:42 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Sherman was arrested Thursday.

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