Two boys, 11 and 14, shot in Avondale

Two boys, ages 11 and 14, were shot while standing on a porch in the city’s Avondale neighborhood Thursday night.
A man or boy in a dark-colored SUV drove past the residence in the 3200 block of North Albany Avenue and fired shots at about 9:15 p.m..
Both victims suffered graze wounds -- the 11-year-old to his ankle and the older boy to his right leg -- and were treated at the scene.
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Man slain after attending wake for gang member

A 23-year-old man was found fatally shot this morning in a Logan Square alley after he and another man were fired on while returning from the wake of a recently killed gangmember, police said.
Emigdio Ortega, of the 2600 block of North Fairfield Avenue, was found by police in an alley on the 2700 block of North Albany Avenue, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Ortega and another man who is a known gangmember were walking from the home of a gangmember who was recently killed in an unrelated incident, police said. There is no indication that Ortega was a gang member, according to police and records.
The two men were confronted on the 3100 block of West Schubert Avenue about 4 a.m. when another man came out of a gangway and began shooting at them, police said.
Ortega and his companion  separated and ran to avoid being shot.
Officers responding to a call about the shots being fired were flagged down by the surviving man, who was not wounded, near the Blue Line CTA station on Milwaukee Avenue, police said.
Police found Ortega's body in the alley; he had sustained a gunshot wound to his shoulder and his right elbow, police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene about 5:30 a.m., police said.
The offender is described as a light-skin Hispanic man in his 20s between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing between 150 to 160 pounds, and wearing a red cap and red jacket, police said.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, officials said.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 14th DISTRICT Beat 1411 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 11, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 14
Robbery- 9
Gun Arrests-0

1 killed, 1 critically injured in NW Side shooting

One man was fatally shot and a second was critically wounded this afternoon in the city’s Avondale neighborhood, police said.

The victims were in the area of the 3000 block of North California Avenue when they were shot at about 1:50 p.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Anne Dwyer.
Both victims -- a 22-year-old man shot in the head and a 21-year-old man shot in the chest -- were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition.
The 21-year-old victim, identified as Jesus Gamboa of the 2900 block of North Washtenaw Avenue -- was later pronounced dead there, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office
An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
In preliminary reports there was some confusion regarding the victims, initially reported as both men before the younger victim was reported being female. Police later said that both victims were indeed men.
Police believe the shooting was gang-related, Dwyer said, although she could not provide additional details.

Grand Central Area detectives were investigating

SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 14th DISTRICT Beat 1411 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 11, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 14
Robbery- 9
Gun Arrests-0