By ASHLEE REZIN and JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Richard L. WIlliams | Chicago Police
A man has been charged with murder for assaulting Benjamin Herron during an argument, then striking him with a vehicle Monday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood, Chicago Police said.
Herron, 54, got into a fight with another man at 7:52 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Division, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A police said source the two men had been drinking when they got into an argument.
The suspect then intentionally struck Herron with a car, police said.
Richard L. Williams, 66-year-old, faces one count of first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police.
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Herron, a grandfather, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. He lived in the same neighborhood.
An autopsy Tuesday found Herron died of multiple injuries from an assault, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Williams was taken into custody at the scene and charged Wednesday night, police said. He was scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.