From Chicago Sun-Times · · 1m 30s
A man shot in Uptown dies three days later
A 27-year-old found shot on North Sheridan Road died three days later, and Chicago police are now working the case as a homicide.
In brief
A 27-year-old found shot on North Sheridan Road died three days later, and Chicago police are now working the case as a homicide. Jarrett Ceaser, 27, was shot in Uptown on Sept. 4 and died on Sept. 7, and the Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. Originally reported by Chicago Sun-Times.
Now a homicide case
Chicago police are investigating the death of a man shot in Uptown earlier this month as a homicide.
“The death of a man shot in Uptown earlier this month is being investigated as a homicide, according to Chicago police.”
The man who died
Jarrett Ceaser was 27 years old.
Where he was found
Officers found Ceaser shot in the 4900 block of North Sheridan Road, a busy stretch of Uptown on the North Side.
8:27 p.m. on Sept. 4
Police put the time he was found at 8:27 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4.
Rushed to Illinois Masonic
He was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in Lakeview, the closest trauma-capable hospital to the scene.
He died three days later
Ceaser survived the shooting at first. He died at the hospital three days after he was found, on Sept. 7.
“He was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he died three days later”
The medical examiner's ruling
The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide, the finding that turns a shooting investigation into a murder case.
What is still unknown
No suspect, motive or arrest has been made public. The shooting remains under investigation by Chicago police.
What matters most
Jarrett Ceaser, 27, was shot in Uptown on Sept. 4 and died on Sept. 7, and the Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
