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Damien Santoyo, 14, Killed In Pilsen Shooting

By Kelly Bauer | August 6, 2017 12:23pm | Updated on August 7, 2017 5:03pm

CHICAGO — Shootings in Pilsen and Little Village have killed a 14-year-old boy and wounded four people since Saturday night, police said.

• At 2:35 a.m. Sunday, a 14-year-old boy was on a porch with two other people in the 1700 block of South Newberry Avenue when several people in a passing car yelled gang slogans and fired shots, police said.

The boy was hit in his head and was pronounced dead, police said.

The boy was identified as Damien Santoyo, of the 3600 block of West 81st Street, in Cook County Medical Examiner's Office records. Santoyo was pronounced dead at 2:50 a.m. and an autopsy showed he died from multiple gunshot wounds in a homicide.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 5 a.m. Sunday, a 19-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 800 block of West 19th Street when someone in a passing red car fired shots at him, police said.

The man was hit in his abdomen and was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said.

• At 10:15 p.m., a 14-year-old boy, 15-year-old boy and 39-year-old man were standing in a gangway in the 2500 block of South Spaulding Avenue when the man got into an argument with another person, police said. The person took out a gun and fired shots.

The 39-year-old man was hit in his legs, the 14-year-old was hit in his left leg and the 15-year-old was hit in his left leg. The three were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where their conditions were not available but they were listed as "stable," police said.

The man is a documented gang member, a police source said.

No one was in custody in these shootings.