A man who had just returned from picking up a cake for Mother’s Day celebrations became a victim of Chicago’s gun violence Saturday when an unknown individual shot him in the city’s West Pullman community, authorities said. Brandon Slater, 26, was fatally shot at around 2:45 p.m. near West 116th Place and South Lowe Avenue. According to police, someone exited…
Published 1 hour agoA man who had just returned from picking up a cake for Mother's Day celebrations became a victim of Chicago's gun violence Saturday when an unknown individual shot him in the city's West Pullman community, authorities said.
Brandon Slater, 26, was fatally shot at around 2:45 p.m. near West 116th Place and South Lowe Avenue. According to police, someone exited a vehicle and shot him. Two others were shot, including a 64-year-old man who later died from his injuries. Slater, an aspiring rapper known as"Benjee," had just picked up a cake ahead of a family gathering for Mother's Day.
"We were just planning our Mother’s Day dinner that I was cooking for everybody like I always do, and I just left him," said Diane Archer, Slater's mother."He was trying to do good. He had a son." Stay informed during the severe weather season with our local news and weather app. Get the NBC 5 Chicago app for
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