Chicago Man Charged with Fatally Shooting Ex-Girlfriend

CHICAGO (AP) — A 33-year-old Chicago man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in front of their children and then driving off with them.

Myron Mason was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mechelle Lewis.

Police say Lewis and her children, ages 5 and 8, were sitting in a van near their home Tuesday night when Mason walked up and opened fire, striking Lewis several times. The Cook County medical examiner’s office says Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say Mason opened the van’s door after the shooting and took the children, both of whom were uninjured, before driving to a police station and turning himself in.

Police say they recovered a weapon from Mason’s vehicle.

It wasn’t immediately known if he has an attorney.

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