The February death of a man who was shot more than 15 years ago on Chicago's South Side has been ruled a homicide.
Tromaine Bell, 42, died at 6:32 p.m. Feb. 1 at Kindred Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy did not immediately rule on his cause and manner of death, but has since found that he died of complications from a remote gunshot wound to the torso and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Bell, of Burbank, was shot on Oct. 27, 2001 in the 1100 block of West 51st Street, authorities said.
He had just walked out of a store with his children when the shooting began, according to a 2004 article in the Daily Southtown.
As he put his kids in the car, the Southtown reported, a bullet struck his back and severed his spinal cord.
Bell was unable to walk again, according to the paper, and subsequently spent time advocating against violence and gang activity.
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It was not immediately clear if anyone was ever arrested or charged in connection with the shooting.
