A 29-year-old man was shot dead during a late-night fight in the Altgeld Gardens projects on the city's Far South Side after insulting the gunman's mother,.
A small quarrel in the 600 block of East 133rd Street quickly escalated into a brawl involving more than 100 people that ended with a man pulling a handgun and shooting the 29-year-old victim in the chest at about 10:25 p.m. Sunday.
The unidentified victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
The shooting wasn't considered gang-related though everyone involved was believed to be members of an area street gang, the source added.
The chaos that erupted from the brawl made it difficult for emergency medical technicians to get to the shooting scene.
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