Death of man run hit by car in Austin ruled homicide by assault

Charges are pending against a person who allegedly assaulted a man during an argument, then ran him down with his vehicle Monday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood, police said.

Benjamin Herron, 54, got into a fight with another man at 7:52 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Division, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The suspect then intentionally struck Herron with a car.

Herron was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. He also lived in the Austin neighborhood.

An autopsy Tuesday found he died of multiple injuries from an assault, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The suspect was taken into custody and charges against him were pending Tuesday, police said.