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West Ridge Shooting Kills Kaysar Chako, 19, Of Park Ridge

CHICAGO — A shooting Wednesday night in West Ridge left a 19-year-old man dead, police said.

The victim was identified as Kaysar Chako, of suburban Park Ridge, by the Cook County Medical Examiners Office.

At 9 p.m., the victim was sitting in a parked car in the 3000 block of West Devon Avenue when someone walked out of a store and fired shots at him, said Officer Laura Amezaga, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The man was hit multiple times throughout his body and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition, Amezaga said.

The man was a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody.