Man Killed, Boy Wounded In West Garfield Park Shooting
A man was killed and a 16-year-old boy was wounded in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting Friday evening on the West Side.
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A man was killed and a 16-year-old boy was wounded in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting Friday evening on the West Side.
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Isaac Acevedo Jr., 23, was sitting in a vehicle near Schubert and Central Park avenues shortly after 1 a.m. when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside fired shots at him, police said.
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The man, thought to be in his 30s, was discovered about 1:35 a.m. at the apartment in the 1100 block of West Morse Avenue, police said.
About 8:50 p.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 11600 block of South Throop Street found him on a sidewalk with gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen and hand, police said.
About 9:20 p.m., the she was standing on the porch of a home in the 6800 block of South Sangamon Street when a gunman walked up and opened fire, police said.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was killed and a woman was wounded Monday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
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