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Family Of Man With Alzheimer's Shot, Killed After Entering Wrong Home In South Deering Demand Answers
Upon arrival, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Updated on: April 9, 2026
A family is demanding justice after they say a Harvey man who has Alzheimer's disease was shot and killed this week when he mistakenly went into the wrong residence on the South Side.
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Around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Chicago police said they responded to a report of someone shot near 103rd and Luella in the city's South Deering neighborhood.
Upon arrival, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was later identified as 62-year-old Carmelo Medina of Harvey.
