Crime & Safety
Fatal 7-Eleven Shooting: What We Know (UPDATE)
A 24-year-old Tinley Park man was shot to death Thursday in a convenience store parking lot. A Markham man was taken in to custody and charged Saturday with murder and armed robbery. What's next in this case?
UPDATE (12:09 p.m. Saturday, March 23): Christopher J. Dyson, 18, of Markham, has been charged Saturday with murder and armed robbery in the shooting. Read the full story for more details.
The parking lot of a Tinley Park 7-Eleven became a murder scene Thursday afternoon, after a 24-year-old man was fatally shot.
Two men began arguing around 3 p.m. in front of the store at 16658 S. Oak Park Ave. The argument escalated. Shots were fired. A manhunt involving Tinley Park and Oak Forest police, along with other area law enforcement agencies, moved north, up Oak Park Avenue.
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Forty-five minutes later, a suspect was taken in to custody by police at around 147th Street and Central Avenue in Oak Forest. A handgun connected to the shooting was found the same day, north of 159th Street on Oak Park Avenue.
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Here's a look at where things stand in the investigation.
What We Know
The victim: Thomas P. Mastro, 24, of the 6900 block of Coachwood Trail in Tinley Park, was killed after being shot in the chest. His parents live in Oak Lawn. Mastro would've turned 25 on March 26, according to public records.
A man who identified himself as Mastro's brother didn't want to talk about the incident when a Patch reporter spoke to him Friday at the Coachwood Trail address.
The suspect: Tinley Park police have not released any information on the man who was taken in to custody Thursday. As of Friday night, the suspect had not been charged but was still being held. Tinley Park police and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office were working on the ongoing investigation, Chief Steve Neubauer said.
The motive: Police have said Mastro and the shooter got into an argument in the parking lot, but Neubauer said Friday he wouldn't comment on the reason behind the argument.
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