South Bend police: driver shot, car hits vehicles, ends up in yard

 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - South Bend Police say a person was shot while driving early Thursday morning.

Investigators say the car hit two other vehicles and a light pole, before ending up in a yard on the 1100 block of Huey Street.

Officers say they got the call around 12:40 a.m.

Police say 40-year-old Kinte Johnson was the only one in the vehicle.

He was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. He is in Stable condition.

Johnson's vehicle, a black SUV, hit multiple parked vehicles. The SUV had evidence of being struck by bullets.

Johnson told police he was shot during an attempted robbery.

If you have any information in this case, contact Crime Stoppers at 800-288-STOP or the South Bend Police Department at 574-235-9201.