James Kelley, a 72-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on August 5, 2020, inside Dunmore’s Auto Sales at 7320 S. Stony Island Avenue in Chicago. Kelley had gone to the dealership to collect an old gambling debt from owner Willie Dunmore, a 79-year-old man who had known Kelley for more than 40 years; a friend drove Kelley and waited in the car while he went inside.

Witnesses reported Dunmore’s son leaving the building holding his abdomen as if he had a gun and placing something in a vehicle. Dunmore then told Kelley’s friend that he had shot Kelley and called 911 to report the shooting without identifying himself as the shooter or claiming self-defense. Paramedics found Kelley with a gunshot wound to the back; he was taken to a hospital, identified Dunmore as his shooter, and died the following day.

Willie Dunmore was charged with first-degree murder and held without bail. Prosecutors said Kelley had repeatedly gone to the dealership to collect the gambling debt; Dunmore’s defense says the gun discharged during a struggle and that Kelley had been threatening him for years. The gun was not recovered. Does anyone have information about visits to the dealership or the relationship between Kelley and Dunmore?