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Marquise Earskines Charged in South Shore Shooting

The 25-year-old faces charges in the August shooting that wounded a 27-year-old man.

3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 20, 2026, 9:10 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 20, 2026, 8:52 p.m. ETWritten Aug 20, 2026, 9:21 p.m. ET
Marquise Earskines, 25, has been with attempted murder, aggravated battery while discharging a firearm, and a misdemeanor count of domestic battery in connection with a shooting in the 7300 block of South Blackstone Avenue, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Earskines is alleged to have shot a 27-year-old man in the left arm after an argument. The charges are merely accusations, and Earskines is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. The case remains undecided, with no trial or plea entered at this stage.

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 20, 2026, 9:15 p.m. ET

    Man Charged in South Shore Shooting

    Marquise Earskines, 25, has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery while discharging a firearm, and a misdemeanor count of domestic battery, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The charges stem from an argument in the 7300 block of South Blackstone Avenue, where Earskines is alleged to have shot a 27-year-old man in the left arm. As this is only a charging stage, the case has not been decided, and Earskines is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

  2. Aug 20, 2026, 9:10 p.m. ETFirst report

    Man charged in South Shore shooting that wounded 27-year-old

    A 25-year-old man has been charged in connection with a shooting that wounded a 27-year-old man in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

    Marquise Earskines is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery while discharging a firearm, and a misdemeanor count of domestic battery, the newspaper reported. He is alleged to have shot the man in the left arm after an argument in the 7300 block of South Blackstone Avenue.

    The case is at the charging stage and has not been decided. The charges are allegations, and Earskines is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The date of the alleged shooting has not been established.

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