Robert Vaughn killed, woman wounded in drive-by shooting in West Chatham

Robert Vaughn was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting early Friday in the West Chatham neighborhood.

Police said a man was fatally shot and a woman injured in a shooting in Chatham Friday. | Network Video Productions

Police said a man was fatally shot and a woman injured in a shooting in Chatham Friday. | Network Video Productions


Vaughn, 28; and a 34-year-old woman were shot just after midnight in the first block of West 76th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

They were sitting in a car when a red pickup truck approached and someone inside fired shots. The woman was shot in the face and hip, and Vaughn was shot in the head, authorities said.

A vehicle sits at St. Bernard St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center after police said a man was fatally shot in Chatham Friday morning. | Network Video Productions

A vehicle sits at St. Bernard St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center after police said a man was fatally shot in Chatham Friday morning. | Network Video Productions


The woman drove them to St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center, where Vaughn was pronounced dead at 12:05 a.m., authorities said. He lived in the 200 block of South Damen.

The woman was transferred to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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