Arrest made in shooting that left South Holland teen dead

Harvey police said a 19-year-old South Holland man is in custody and charges are pending in the shooting death Tuesday of a teen from that village.

Amari Binion, 17, of the 14800 block of Perry Avenue, was pronounced dead at 5:38 p.m. Tuesday at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was ruled a homicide.

The shooting occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday when Binion stepped out of the EZ Pawn shop at 468 E. 147th St., Harvey said in a statement.

The teen walked toward Perry Avenue, when gunfire was exchanged between him and a group of individuals standing in the driveway of McDonald’s at 226 Sibley Blvd., police said.

Binion was struck in the midsection and fled south on Perry Avenue before collapsing in neighboring South Holland, according to the statement.

According to the medical examiner’s office, the teen lived in South Holland although Harvey police said he lived in that city.

Harvey police said the investigation is ongoing and ask anyone with information to contact police at 708-331-3030.

Dolton, Riverdale deaths

The medical examiner’s office also reported a homicide in Dolton involving a Chicago man.

Marqual D. Murphy, 26, of the 1100 block of East 91st Sreeet, was shot in the left shoulder in the 1500 block of East 154th Street, according to the office.

He was pronounced dead at 3:16 a.m. Sunday at the University of Chicago Medical Center and his death was ruled a homcide, according to the office.

In Riverdale, Michael R. Walls, 39, of the 0-100 block of East 140th Court in that suburb, was shot in the left shoulder and died at 11:22 a.m. Sunday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the office.

More information about the Dolton and Riverdale homicides was not immediately available from police.