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Matthew Gibson, 26, was killed on July 22, 2019, after being struck in the head by a bullet fired by a passenger in his own car during a botched drive-by on Chicago’s South Side in the Park Manor neighborhood. Gibson was driving around 5:40 a.m. on West 71st Street when his vehicle pulled up beside a white SUV and his front-seat passenger, Jake Lee, 27, began firing with a .40-caliber handgun. Lee’s shot hit Gibson; despite the wound Gibson managed to drive more than two miles to the 6700 block of South Marshfield. He was pronounced brain dead on July 22 and later died; an autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound to the head and the death was ruled a homicide.

Cook County prosecutors described the incident as a drive-by gone bad. Surveillance video did not show shots coming from the white SUV. Lee was charged with aggravated battery with a firearm and was expected to face a murder count; he was denied bail at a hearing on July 23, 2019. If anyone knew Gibson or has information about the shooting, please share what you know.