A man was found shot to death inside a vehicle in Gresham on Friday night, but witnesses who heard the gunfire didn’t call police until they saw the man slumped over in his car about an hour later, according to an officer at the scene.

The shooting happened in the 8800 block of South Lowe Avenue in a neighborhood that used to be covered by the city’s now-shuttered ShotSpotter gunfire detection system. If the system had still been active, it could have alerted first responders even though no one who heard the gunfire called for help.

Chicago police said officers responded to a call of a person shot around 10:09 p.m. They found a 37-year-old man in the driver’s seat of a white Nissan Maxima with two gunshot wounds to the chest. Paramedics took him to Christ Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

One witness told officers they heard two shots and saw several people running from the vehicle shortly after 9 p.m., but nobody called 911 at the time. An officer at the scene said the shooting appeared to have occurred around 9:10 p.m.

The Chicago Fire Department was the first to arrive after being dispatched to a report of a “slumper” — someone found unresponsive in a vehicle. When firefighters checked the car, they discovered the man had been shot and notified police.

An officer who reviewed surveillance video said two men ran from the Nissan immediately after the shooting: one described as a Black male wearing all-black clothing and a black hoodie, and another Black male in a lighter-colored, possibly gray hoodie. Both ran toward 89th Street after firing shots, according to the officer.

Ald. Ronnie Mosley, whose 21st Ward includes the block where the man was killed, was among the City Council members who urged Mayor Brandon Johnson to extend Chicago’s ShotSpotter contract last year. Johnson rejected those pleas, and the system went offline citywide just after midnight on September 23, 2024.

Brandon’s Bodies

As of 12:01 a.m. on September 23, 2024, Chicago ended its use of ShotSpotter, a gunfire detection system that had been deployed in 12 of the city’s most violence-impacted neighborhoods. The technology identified suspected gunfire locations down to specific addresses and even pinpointed spots like alleys, sidewalks, or the side of a house.

Mayor Brandon Johnson refused to reverse his decision to dismantle the system, despite calls to preserve it from a majority of aldermen, numerous residents, victims’ advocates, and his own appointed police superintendent.

On this page, CWBChicago tracks cases where people have been found shot in areas that were previously covered by ShotSpotter without timely accompanying 911 calls. These cases often involve victims discovered with no corresponding 911 calls or calls that gave vague or incorrect information about where shots were fired.

Editor’s note: Case #13 was removed from this list on May 21, 2025, after the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the individual died by suicide in a fall from height.