One man was shot dead following a family disagreement and another was
hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds in separate shootings, Chicago police
said this morning.
The slaying, which occurred at about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday in an alley in the
1700 block of North Monitor Avenue in the North Austin
neighborhood, is believed to be connected to a quarrel between the 29-year-old
victim and the boyfriend of a female cousin, authorities said.
As the victim, Maurice Mathews, and the boyfriend exchanged words regarding
the relationship, the second man pulled a handgun and shot Mathews in the chest,
police said.
Mathews, of the first block of North Latrobe Avenue, was dead at the scene,
according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Police quickly received a description of the gunman's getaway vehicle and
pursued it on the Eisenhower Expressway, authorities said. The man was
eventually arrested and was being held by police in west suburban Maywood.
The gunman, who has not yet been charged, had an active order of protection
against him, filed by the victim's cousin, a source said.
An autopsy on Mathews was scheduled for later today.
Prior to that
shooting, a 23-year-old man was wounded at about 10:20 p.m. in the 6500 block of
South Drexel Avenue on the South Side, police said,
Police said the victim, a member of the Gangster Disciples street gang, was
sitting in a vehicle when the gunman approached, pulled a handgun and opened
fire. The victim was hit multiple times in the torso and was taken to Stroger
Hospital in critical condition.
Authorities were calling the shooting gang related, but didn't have a
description of the shooter.
Since March, the Woodlawn community has had seven homicides, including the shooting death of a 24-year-old man on the same block as
Wednesday's shooting.
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