Facebook Live video captures fatal shooting of Chicago man

Police are investigating the fatal incident in the city's South Side

Mr Perkins’ brother was also shot to death several years ago (Facebook)

Police in Chicago are investigating the shooting death of a man that was apparently captured in a Facebook Live video.

Antonio Perkins, 28, died after suffering injuries to his neck in a shooting on Wednesday night in the city’s South Side. Police are working whether to determine whether the man shown in the video is Mr Perkins.

The video appears to show Mr Perkins recording himself and talking before someone opened fire and the young man collapsed, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Police said they were aware of the video and were investigating (Facebook)

He is shown with a group in front of a home when at least six shots are heard and the phone appears to fall into grass before going black, the newspaper said.

The video starts with a woman describing what the group was doing on the street. People constantly refer to the man “Tony.” He takes the phone back three minutes in.

Things are quiet until 5.50, when the man looks to his right, starts to say, "Boy, stop playing" and shots then can be heard. The camera then falls.

People then start screaming and voices can he heard on the footage.

“Oh my God,” says one person.

Antonio Perkins, 28, died after suffering injuries to his neck in a shooting on Wednesday night (Facebook)

Another says: “Call the police. Hurry up!”

Mr Perkins had just been promoted at a local McDonald’s. He worked almost every day, and Wednesday night was a night out with friends. His friends have said he was not a gang member.

“Stop judging, everybody. Stop judging us like that. His life really did matter,” Tiffany, a friend of the victim, told WGN.

Mr Perkins’ brother was also shot to death several years ago. Mr Perkins leaves behind multiple children under the age of five.

The shooting came a day after another killing was broadcast live on Facebook’s streaming service. On Tuesday, an Isis sympathiser killed a police commander and his partner in France, afterwards, broadcasting his crime live on Facebook and threatening violence at the Euro 2016 soccer championship. The video has since been removed.

A spokeswoman from Facebook acknowledged that the Chicago video streamed live on its service. The video has not been taken down but all uploads and shares are marked with a user warning, the company said.

Facebook Live, which became available to all users in late January, is one of the company;s celebrated features. It give users the ability to broadcast to Facebook through the smartphone app, part of a much larger trend of live streaming apps.