http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/vaughn-king-jr/Latest news about Vaughn King Jr.en-usMon, 03 Aug 2015 16:59:10 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/08/03/vaughn-king-jr-killed-second-man-critically-wounded-in-shooting-on-lakefront-in-oakland/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/1153.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/vaughn-king-jr/">Vaughn King Jr.</a> was killed and another critically wounded in a shooting on the lakefront early Sunday in the Oakland neighborhood on the South Side.<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/08/vaughnking.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/08/vaughnking-177x300.jpg" alt="Vaughn King Jr." width="177" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-12602" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Vaughn King Jr.</p><br /> King, 21; and a 31-year-old man were sitting on the lakefront near 43rd Street about 3:15 a.m. when two gunmen walked up and started shooting, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>King, of the 1000 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:40 a.m., the medical examiner’s office said.</p> <p>The older man was shot four times in the abdomen and once in the arm, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition late Sunday.</p> <p>King was a 2012 graduate of Curie High School, where he was a fullback and linebacker on the football team, and was also the city champion in the shot put in 2011, according to the Chicago Public League Sports Blog.</p> <p><em>—Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesMon, 03 Aug 2015 16:59:10 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/08/03/vaughn-king-jr-killed-second-man-critically-wounded-in-shooting-on-lakefront-in-oakland/Vaughn King Jr.