Concealed-carry holder questioned after fatally shooting man in South Shore

A woman was questioned by detectives Friday after she fatally shot a man during an argument in the South Shore neighborhood, according to police.

Erick Lashawn Watkins 39, was arguing with the 34-year-old woman around 5 a.m. inside a home in the 7800 block of South Cornell Avenue when the woman, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, pulled out a gun and shot him, Chicago police said.

Watkins suffered a gunshot wound to the torso and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A firearm was recovered at the scene, police said. Detectives were investigating.