{"id":787148,"date":"2026-05-10T19:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787148\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T19:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:14:13","slug":"west-lawn-chicago-shooting-giovannie-e-vargas-of-cary-idd-as-19-year-old-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-on-69th-street-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787148\/","title":{"rendered":"West Lawn, Chicago shooting: Giovannie E. Vargas of Cary ID&#8217;d as 19-year-old killed in drive-by shooting on 69th Street: Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Authorities have identified a man killed in an <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/west-lawn-chicago-shooting-today-19-year-old-killed-apparent-drive-4000-block-69th-street-police-say\/19069147\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">apparent drive-by shooting<\/a> in Chicago as a 19-year-old of Cary.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The shooting happened Sunday before 2 a.m. in the West Lawn neighborhood&#8217;s 4000-block of West 69th Street, Chicago police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The man was standing outside when someone shot him in the lower back multiple times, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The victim was taken to Christ Hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He was identified as Giovannie E. Vargas of Cary, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">CPD said the shooter may have been traveling in a vehicle when the attack happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Area One detectives are investigating. Authorities did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The video in the player above is from a previous report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER  <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/feature\/tracking-crime-and-safety-in-your-neighborhood\/12385906\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Track crime and safety in your neighborhood<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Authorities have identified a man killed in an apparent drive-by shooting in Chicago as a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[321697,960,5463,5461,5462,5464,5457,5460,46689,4222,5386,1818,5458,5459,43187,29865,62100,299035,321696],"class_list":{"0":"post-787148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-321697","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-breaking-news","11":"tag-chicago-crime","12":"tag-chicago-news","13":"tag-chicago-police","14":"tag-chicago-shooting","15":"tag-chicago-violence","16":"tag-drive-by-shooting","17":"tag-gun-violence","18":"tag-il","19":"tag-illinois","20":"tag-shooting-chicago","21":"tag-shooting-in-chicago","22":"tag-shooting-today","23":"tag-shots-fired","24":"tag-west-lawn","25":"tag-west-lawn-chicago","26":"tag-west-lawn-shooting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116551880919135125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}