An Auburn Gresham man taken into custody following an argument that turned into a shooting that left a 70-year-old woman dead is now facing a murder charge.
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Randy Washington, 63, was charged with one count of first-degree murder, Chicago police announced in a news release Thursday night.
The charges came just over a day after police said a man and a woman were arguing inside a residence in the 1900 block of West 83rd Street when the argument devolved into the man producing a gun and firing shots at the woman.
The woman, who was identified as Dorothy Washington, was struck in her neck and chest and pronounced dead on scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Her death was ruled a homicide.
One firearm was recovered on scene, police said. The shooting is believed to be domestic in nature.
Washington is scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Friday.
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