Update: 1 Slain, 1 Wounded in Friday Evening Shooting on Ruby Street

JOLIET, IL — A Friday evening shooting on Ruby Street claimed one man’s life and left another wounded.

Howard Blankenship, 47, was shot in the torso and found slumped behind the wheel of a Buick in the intersection of Ruby and Center streets.

A second man, age 32, suffered a graze wound to his right ear. He took shelter inside the barbershop at the corner of Ruby and Center.

The survivor reportedly told police he was sitting inside the Buick with Blankenship in the parking lot of the barbershop. Shots rang out and the younger man felt his ear had been hit, police said.

The younger man said he ran from the car and into the barbershop, and that after he got out, the Buick lurched forward, crashing into a guardrail, according to police. The car then rolled backward into the intersection.

Blankenship was taken to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.

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