Singer MARC COHN Survives Being Shot In Head

(From Reuters)

GRAMMY-WINNING singer MARC COHN was SHOT IN THE HEAD during an attempted CARJACKING after a concert in DENVER but survived with ONLY MINOR INJURIES, police said on Monday.

Cohn had just finished a performance on Sunday night when a man fleeing on foot from police tried to commandeer the van Cohn was riding in, DENVER police spokesman SONNY JACKSON said.

When the van driver refused to stop, the suspect fired into the vehicle, striking Cohn in the head, although the bullet did not penetrate his skull.

"The bullet hit Mr. Cohn flush in the temple," Jackson said. "He's very lucky it wasn't a fatal shot."

The bullet appeared to have been slowed by the van's windshield and by striking the vehicle's driver first.

Cohn was alert and talking when emergency workers took him to the hospital from the concert site at BOTANIC GARDENS. Surgeons removed the bullet protruding from Cohn's skull and released him in good condition Monday morning, Jackson said.

Cohn, winner of THE 1991 GRAMMY FOR BEST NEWCOMER and best known for the song WALKING IN MEMPHIS, is married to ABC NEWS correspondent and anchor ELIZABETH VARGAS. They have a 2-year-old son.

No arrests were made, but police identified a suspect, JOSEPH W. YACTEEN, 26, who they said tried to stop Cohn's van after allegedly fleeing A DOWNTOWN HOTEL from police Sunday night, where he had tried to pay his bill with A STOLEN CREDIT CARD. The suspect also is wanted for FAILING TO APPEAR IN COURT.