Dolton police said Friday they are continuing to investigate the recent shooting death of a Chicago man near a village park, while authorities also reported a homicide in Matteson.
A Dolton spokeswoman said officers were dispatched to the area of 147th Street and Evers Avenue following reports of a gunshot victim.
Upon arrival, two gunshot victims were located, and one was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the spokeswoman. Police said the shooting appears to have been isolated.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office reported the deceased shooting victim was 24-year-old Contrail Boone, of the 200 block of East 121st Place, Chicago.
He was pronounced dead at 9:43 p.m. May 17 at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Boone had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homcide, the office said.
The location where the shooting took place is near the Dolton Park District’s Lester Long Fieldhouse, where Village Board meetings are held.
In Matteson, the medical examiner’s office reported the shooting death May 18 of Denard Allison, 37, of the 700 block of Notre Dame Drive.
He was shot multiple times and it was not clear whether the shooting took place inside or outside his home. A message left with Matteson police seeking additional information was not returned.
Allison was pronounced dead at 10:17 p.m. May 18 at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Hospital, and his death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner’s office.
