CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A would-be robber and a witness who tried to stop the hold-up inside a South Shore grocery fatally shot each other Friday night, police said.
The exchange of gunfire started about 6:20 p.m. when Nicholas Williams walked into the supermarket in the 2600 block of East 73rd Street and showed a handgun, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Williams, 24, shot Ali Hassan, 63, in the chest and back, authorities said.
Hassan, who had a Firearm Owner’s Identification card with a concealed carry license, pulled a gun from his waistband and fired back, authorities said, hitting Williams in the chest.
The younger man ran from the store but collapsed about a block away in the 7200 block of South Coles, where he was pronounced dead. Williams lived in the neighborhood.
Hassan, a Berwyn resident, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and he died there soon after, authorities said.
Three guns were recovered from the scene — both Hassan’s and Williams’ guns, as well as another gun behind the counter, police said.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Hassan worked at the market. Police said there was another witness inside the store who wasn’t hurt.
The shooting is still under investigation.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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