Grammy winner Marc Cohn shot in head during attempted car jacking in Denver

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DENVER – A Grammy award-winning musician was treated and released from a hospital Monday after being shot in the head during an attempted car jacking following a performance in downtown Denver.Marc Cohn, who had a hit with the song “Walking in Memphis” and won the Grammy for best new artist in 1992, was shot in the temple Sunday when a man fired into his van after his band left a concert at Botanic Gardens around 11:30 p.m., Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said.Cohn was alert and talking when emergency workers took him to Denver Health Medical Center. The bullet grazed Cohn’s driver and tour manager Thomas Dube, who also has been treated and released.
Jackson said the bullet appeared to have been slowed down by the van’s windshield and by Dube.”Frankly, I can’t tell you how he survived,” Jackson said.Cohn is married to ABC news reporter Elizabeth Vargas.
No arrests have been made, but police named a suspect.Joseph William Yacteen, 26, who may use the name Anthony Andolini, allegedly fled a downtown hotel Sunday night after trying to pay his bill with a stolen credit card.Police said Yacteen tried to stop Cohn’s van in a parking garage. He allegedly fired one bullet into the van after Dube, who saw that Yacteen had a gun, sped up and swerved trying to avoid Yacteen. The van was carrying four people at the time of the shooting, police said.
Yacteen also allegedly fired several shots while fleeing from security guards and trying to take a car from a woman before successfully fleeing in a stolen SUV.Yacteen is being sought on attempted first degree murder, robbery and other charges. An arrest warrant was issued for Yacteen, who missed a court date July 15 for a drug and weapons charge. He had been free on $25,000 bond.

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