Man killed in car-to-car shooting in Chatham

The 25-year-old was in a vehicle in the 8800 block of South Wabash Avenue when someone in another car fired shots. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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Five people were wounded in shootings Aug. 25, 2022, across Chicago.

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting Tuesday in Chatham.

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A man was killed in a car-to-car shooting Tuesday in Chatham on the South Side.

Robert Johnson Jr., 25, was in a vehicle about 2 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Wabash Avenue when someone in another car fired shots, striking the man multiple times, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken in critical condition to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he later died, police said.

No one was in custody.

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