Dontae Roberts dies one day after being shot while sitting in vehicle in Austin

Dontae Roberts died Wednesday night, one day after he was shot in a vehicle in the Austin neighborhood.

Chicago Police investigate in the 5900 block of West Division after a 30-year-old man was shot Tuesday night. | Network Video Productions

Chicago Police investigate in the 5900 block of West Division after a 30-year-old man was shot Tuesday night. | Network Video Productions


Roberts, 30, was was sitting in a vehicle at 10:56 p.m. Tuesday, parked in the 5900 block of West Division. Someone got out of another vehicle nearby and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Roberts was shot in the head, and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 8:37 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. He lived in the 8800 block of South Mozart.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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