A West Side man shot his ex-girlfriend to death near her South Shore home in April about an hour after he crashed his car downtown while driving around with the woman, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Austin man facing first-degree murder in fatal shooting in South Shore
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Dakari Grayer, of Austin, was charged with first-degree murder, Chicago police said.
About 2:40 a.m. April 16, officers responding to the sound of gunshots found Mariah Edwards lying on the sidewalk in the 7000 block of South Clyde Avenue, Chicago police said. She had multiple gunshot wounds to her chest.
She was rushed to University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead, police said.
An investigation found she was arguing with someone in a black vehicle who shot her before fleeing, police said. Grayer was arrested about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, in the 5000 block of West Augusta Boulevard Tuesday, after being positively identified as the person who allegedly shot Edwards.
3 shot, 1 fatally, in Washington Park
By Sun-Times Media Wire
About 10:30 p.m., two men sitting inside a vehicle and a third man standing nearby were shot as they talked in the 5100 block of South Prairie Avenue, Chicago police said.
The man standing outside, 23, was shot twice in the head and brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. He was identified as Jojuan Black, of Park Manor, by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The men inside the vehicle sped away from the gunfire, police said. A passenger, 36, was struck in the left thigh and right shoulder, while another man, 49, was struck in the leg, police said. They were taken to the same hospital for treatment.