A Gage Park man has died almost two weeks after being shot while driving in his neighborhood early on New Year’s Eve, authorities said Monday.
Juan A. Vasquez, 35, was pronounced dead at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Sinai Hospital, but an autopsy that determined he died from a gunshot wound to the head in a homicide was not completed until Monday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Vasquez was shot just before 3:05 a.m. on Dec. 31 in the 5600 block of South Albany Avenue, police said at the time.
Vasquez was shot in the head while driving a sedan, and the people with him drove him to near his home in the 3100 block of West 53rd Street before calling 911, authorities said. He was taken to Mount Sinai, initially in critical condition.
The morning of the shooting, officers guarded the vehicle that was involved in the shooting. At least one bullet hole was visible on the side of the car, and one of the rear windows had been shattered by the gunfire.