http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jerry-william-austin/Latest news about Jerry William Austinen-usMon, 15 May 2017 10:11:30 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/05/15/41-year-old-jerry-austin-fatally-shot-in-fernwood-drive-by/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/2356.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jerry-william-austin/">Jerry William Ausin</a> was slain in a Fernwood neighborhood drive-by shooting late Thursday on the Far South Side, according to Chicago Police.</p> <p>About 11:45 p.m., the 41-year-old Austin was standing on the sidewalk in the 10100 block of South LaSalle when someone in a vehicle shot him in the chest and hand, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.</p> <p>He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.</p> <p>Austin lived in the Far South Side Riverdale neighborhood.</p> <p>No one was in custody as of early Monday.</p> <p><em>--Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesMon, 15 May 2017 10:11:30 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/05/15/41-year-old-jerry-austin-fatally-shot-in-fernwood-drive-by/Jerry William Austin