Recognize him? CPD says he murdered a 58-year-old man in South Shore

Chicago police need help identifying a man who may be responsible for murdering another man in South Shore earlier this month.

Witnesses reported hearing two men arguing in the 7800 block of South Merrill around 1:16 a.m. on June 3. That was followed by gunshots and, according to one witness, the sound of someone saying, “Why you gotta shoot?”

Alonzo “Zo” Smith, a 58-year-old who lived about a block away, was pronounced dead at the scene, lying in the front yard of a home. He suffered a single gunshot wound to the head…

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