An 18-year-old man was shot in the back and killed Sept. 12 in Dolton, according to the Cook County Coroner’s Office.
Jeremy Ryan Matthews, of the 1800 block of Pulaski Road in Chicago, was found at East 154th Avenue and Sunset Drive and died about 10:40 p.m. at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial in Harvey, the office reported.
Matthew’s mother, Lakeisha Blake, started one GoFundMe page and raised about $18,000 as of Friday. She said the funeral is covered, but she hopes to celebrate Matthew’s life after his funeral and hopes to have a large space to do so.
“His last words to me were, ‘Mom, I’m on my way home,'” Blake said on the GoFundMe page. “I come to terms and try to understand the true meaning.”
Dolton police did not respond to requests for more information Friday.
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