{"id":178012,"date":"2026-02-14T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178012\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:50:09","slug":"oakland-chicago-shooting-man-found-dead-near-37th-and-lake-park-by-vehicle-from-lakeview-carjacking-idd-as-damon-kellum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178012\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland, Chicago shooting: Man found dead near 37th and Lake Park, by vehicle from Lakeview carjacking, ID’d as Damon Kellum"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (WLS) — Officials have identified a man who was found shot to death on the South Side near a carjacked vehicle earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Damon Kellum, 45, was found with a gunshot wound to the head near East 37th Street and South Lake Park Avenue in the city’s Oakland neighborhood around 5 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Near the scene, authorities found a vehicle that matched the description of one stolen during a deadly Lakeview carjacking<\/a> earlier that morning.<\/p>\n

Around 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, a 22-year-old man was sitting in his car with another man, 38, at West Waveland Avenue and North Halsted Street.<\/p>\n

Police said that’s when two thieves walked up, carjacked the 22-year-old, shot him, and took off in his car.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old man was not injured, police said. The 22-year-old’s identity has not yet been released.<\/p>\n

Police would not confirm if the two shootings are connected.<\/p>\n

Further information was not immediately available.<\/p>\n

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