Tarvares Herron fatally shot while sitting in car stopped at red light in Greater Grand Crossing

Jeff Mayes — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 20:44:57 -0500

Tarvares Herron was shot to death early Saturday in a vehicle stopped at a red light in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the city’s South Side, police said.

A man sits near the scene of a fatal shooting early Saturday in the 6900 block of South Lafayette. | Network Video Productions

It happened around 2:15 a.m. when the 23-year-old Herron was in an SUV stopped at a red light in the 6900 block of South Lafayette.

He began talking with two females who were inside a black car that was also stopped at the light, according to the police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Bullet holes riddle the door of an SUV after a shooting that left a man dead early Saturday in the 6900 block of South Lafayette. | Network Video Productions

It was then that a man in the back seat of the black car pulled a gun and fired, hitting Herron in the head, police said. The black car then sped away.

Herron, of the 5900 block of South Wabash, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, the medical examiner’s office said.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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Tarvares Herron fatally shot while sitting in car stopped at red light in Greater Grand Crossing