Chicago Police are hoping to review security tape from a West Loop club to figure out what led to a shooting that left a self-employed music producer dead and another man wounded.
Bryan King, of the 9700 block of South University, was shot inside Transit Nightclub at 1431 W. Lake St. about 2:30 a.m., police said. A second man also was shot.
King, 28, was a music producer who worked mostly with rap artists, said his mother, Connie Griffin-King. “He was loved by his family,’’ Griffin-King, 53, said of her only son.
Police are not sure yet what led to the shooting, but witnesses said King had an altercation with someone before the shooting.
Griffin-King said her son owned his own music production company — and learned the business through his family, which includes many members working in the entertainment industry. Griffin-King said she wrote R & B songs for artists in the 1980s and her sister is a casting agent who has worked on several Chicago films.
Bryan King was going to move to Atlanta Monday to continue pursuing his music career there, she said. He was out with friends Thursday night. She was not sure what led to the shooting.
“I know there was an argument,’’ she said. “I don’t know who with or about what. They heard shots and he had fallen.’’
The shooting happened on a block that is home to many clubs that host promoted — and therefore crowded — parties. The first homicide of the year was around the corner near Lake and Green outside another club.
Bryan King, of the 9700 block of South University, was shot inside Transit Nightclub at 1431 W. Lake St. about 2:30 a.m., police said. A second man also was shot.
King, 28, was a music producer who worked mostly with rap artists, said his mother, Connie Griffin-King. “He was loved by his family,’’ Griffin-King, 53, said of her only son.
Police are not sure yet what led to the shooting, but witnesses said King had an altercation with someone before the shooting.
Griffin-King said her son owned his own music production company — and learned the business through his family, which includes many members working in the entertainment industry. Griffin-King said she wrote R & B songs for artists in the 1980s and her sister is a casting agent who has worked on several Chicago films.
Bryan King was going to move to Atlanta Monday to continue pursuing his music career there, she said. He was out with friends Thursday night. She was not sure what led to the shooting.
“I know there was an argument,’’ she said. “I don’t know who with or about what. They heard shots and he had fallen.’’
The shooting happened on a block that is home to many clubs that host promoted — and therefore crowded — parties. The first homicide of the year was around the corner near Lake and Green outside another club.
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