Shaoxiong's parents' worst nightmare? Imagine all the time & resources invested

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...on their child up to that point?  :

24-year-old who recently earned his master's from University of Chicago is shot, killed in Hyde Park


On Tuesday, Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng, 24, was on the sidewalk on the 900 block of East 54th Place, an area known as a neighborhood of doctors and professors, before 2 p.m., when the deadly attempted robbery occurred, CBS Chicago reported.

Witnesses recalled seeing a man with a mask in a black hooded sweatshirt get out of a car that pulled up to where Zheng was walking. A brief struggle ensued before the suspect fatally shot Zheng in the chest, according to Chicago Tribune.

The suspect immediately fled in a dark-colored sports car. It was not made clear if the gunman managed to take anything from Zheng during the incident.

A doctor, who wished to remain anonymous, told Chicago Tribune he was "a few minutes too late" when he attempted to provide first aid to Zheng. "It all happened pretty fast. I did maybe 30 chest compressions, and the paramedics were already here," he said.

Emergency responders took Zheng to the nearby University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:13 p.m., which the university confirmed through a statement on Tuesday.