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Man Shot Dead In Little Village Identified: Authorities

By Alex Nitkin | April 12, 2016 8:05am | Updated on April 13, 2016 5:45am
 The shootings occurred about four hours apart and a mile away from each other, police said.
The shootings occurred about four hours apart and a mile away from each other, police said.
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LITTLE VILLAGE — Two separate shootings left a man dead and a 15-year-old boy wounded in Little Village Monday, police said.

Around 7:35 p.m., the a 35-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 2800 block of South Kedvale Avenue when someone emerged from a gangway and shot at him, according to Officer Ron Gaines, a Chicago Police spokesman.

The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, Gaines said, where he was pronounced dead. He had been shot in his face and his back.

He has been identified as Arturo Pina, of the 2700 block of South Komensky Avenue, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

The teen was shot around 3:40 p.m., Gaines said, about a mile away in the 2800 block of South Homan Avenue.

The boy was brought to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound in his leg, Gaines said. Police could not provide his condition but said he was "stable."

Police said the boy is a documented gang member.

No one is in custody for either shooting, police said.

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