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Man Fatally Shot In Humboldt Park

CHICAGO (STNG) ― A 35-year-old man is dead following a shooting Friday night in the West Side's Humboldt Park neighborhood.

The victim, identified as Juan Torres, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner's office spokesman, was discovered on the street on the 1300 block of North Campbell Avenue with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen, according to a report from the police First Deputy Superintendent's office.

Torres was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 7:50 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office spokesman.

Torres' home address was not immediately available.

The shooting is believed possibly to have been a drive-by, according to police.

Grand Central Area detectives are investigating.

(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2008. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)


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