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17-Year-Old Boy Dies After Little Village Shooting on Thursday

By DNAinfo Staff on November 16, 2013 8:37am

  Javier Gonzalez was shot in the 3000 block of Karlov Avenue at 7:50 p.m Thursday. (File photo)
Javier Gonzalez was shot in the 3000 block of Karlov Avenue at 7:50 p.m Thursday. (File photo)
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CHICAGO — A 17-year-old boy died of gunshot wounds he suffered in Little Village Thursday night, authorities said.

Javier Gonzalez, of the 3100 block of South Komensky Avenue, died at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

He was shot at 7:50 p.m. Thursday in his right shoulder and head while he was on a sidewalk in the 3000 block of South Karlov Avenue, said Officer Jose Estrada, a police spokesman.

The boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

No additional details were available Saturday morning.