Chicago shooting: Tinley Park man charged with shooting death on South Side, police say

CHICAGO - A fight turned deadly when a man was shot and killed on the city’s South Side on Sunday night.

The incident happened in the 7500 block of South Normal Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Essian McGinnis, 34, of Tinley Park, Ill., was arrested by Chicago Police and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on July 1 in the 10000 block of W. O'Hare Street. He was identified as the offender who fatally shot the victim.

McGinnis was arrested and charged with on felony count of first-degree murder.

His next court date is July 4.

(Chicago Police Department)

What we know:

Officers responded around 11:30 p.m. to a call of a person who had been shot.

The victim, a 40-year-old man, was outside and involved in a verbal altercation with the known suspected gunman.

The victim was shot multiple times. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and later died.

The gunman fled the scene before police arrived.

Area detectives are investigating.

What we don't know:

Police did not identify the victim.