A Chicago man was fatally shot as he was streaming on Facebook Live, his family says.

Kevin Watson, 42, was in a parking lot in the 5000 block of West Madison in the South Austin neighborhood on Wednesday when a vehicle approached after 6 p.m. and a person inside "produced a handgun and fired shots," the Chicago Police Department said. The Cook County Medical Examiner confirmed that Watson was the shooting victim and died from a wound to the chest.

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Watson had been sitting in his car and started a Facebook Live moments before the shooting happened. The chilling footage has since racked up over 2.5 million views.

About 11 minutes into the clip, he was seen reacting to someone passing near the front of his car.

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