Robert Cotten, 35, second man to die from West Englewood shooting

A second man had died from an early Friday shooting in the West Englewood neighborhood.

Robert Cotten, 35, and Corey Hudson, 34, were standing outside in the 2000 block of West 63rd Street when a black vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire at 2:37 a.m. Friday, authorities said.

Cotten, of the 9600 block of South Mozart Street in Evergreen Park, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he died at 4:47 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Hudson, of the 6000 block of South Bell Avenue, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The vehicle drove off after the shooting and nobody has been charged for the murders.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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