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Crime & Mayhem

Irving Park Shooting Kills Man; Bullets Hit Golden Nugget: Officials

By Kelly Bauer | January 17, 2016 8:48am | Updated on January 19, 2016 8:52am
The shooter also hit the window of a Golden Nugget, 3234 W. Irving Park Road, though no one inside was injured, Ald. Deb Mell (33rd) said in a post on Facebook.
The shooter also hit the window of a Golden Nugget, 3234 W. Irving Park Road, though no one inside was injured, Ald. Deb Mell (33rd) said in a post on Facebook.
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CHICAGO — A shooting in Irving Park left a 29-year-old man dead on Saturday night, police said.

At 8:15 p.m., police responded to a report of a person shot and found the man in the 3200 block of West Irving Park Road, said Officer Janel Sedevic, Chicago Police spokeswoman. The man had been shot in his head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man was identified as Henry Cruz, of the 800 block of North Hamlin, in Cook County Medical Examiner's records. Cruz was pronounced dead of multiple gunshot wounds at 8:35 p.m., according to the Medical Examiner's Office.

The shooter also hit the window of a Golden Nugget, 3234 W. Irving Park Road, though no one inside was injured, Ald. Deb Mell (33rd) said in a post on Facebook.

 

Community Safety UpdateLast night (Saturday, January 16th) there was a shooting in the 17th District in the 3200 block...

Posted by 33rd Ward / Alderman Deb Mell on Sunday, January 17, 2016

 

No one is in custody in the shooting.

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