Quantcast

The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.
Read the press release here.

Diego Villada, 15, Dies After Hermosa Shooting, Officials Say

By Kelly Bauer | April 4, 2017 10:02am | Updated on April 7, 2017 11:40am

CHICAGO — Diego Villada, 15, has died after being shot in Hermosa on Saturday, officials said.

At 12:35 p.m., the boy was in an alley near the 2100 block of North Tripp Avenue when two people confronted him and fired shots, police said.

The boy was hit in his head and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in critical condition, police said. The shooters ran away.

Villada, of the 1200 block of North Tripp, was pronounced dead at 9:45 a.m. Monday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.