Man killed and his wife injured in a shooting in Chicago on Puerto Rican Day
A man was killed, and his wife is critically injured after a shooting broke out following a Puerto Rican Pride Day parade in Chicago, police confirmed.
The couple was ambushed by two to three men, who produced handguns and began shooting at the victims in the 3200 block of West Division Street in Humboldt Park at approximately 9:13 p.m. Saturday, the Chicago Police Department said an email to the Washington Examiner. The male victim sustained a gunshot wound to the head, causing authorities to rush him to St. Mary's Hospital. The female victim was shot in the neck before being transported to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. The male victim was pronounced dead at the hospital, and the female victim's condition may change, police added.
A Facebook video, allegedly of the incident, shows two victims apparently being pulled out of a car bearing a Puerto Rican flag, the report added.
The shooting victims, which occurred hours after the Puerto Rican Pride Day parade ended, were identified as Gyovanny Arzuaga, 24, and Yasmin Perez, 25, after a GoFundMe was organized for Arzuaga's funeral costs and Perez's medical care, according to 32 Chicago.
"My heart is destroyed. That was my best friend, my brother," Arzuaga's brother told the outlet.
A memorial for Arzuaga, a father of two, was erected feet from where he was shot, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
No one is in custody in connection to this incident, and Area Four detectives are investigating, the police department said.
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