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Aug 15, 2008 6:42 am US/Central

Man Shot Dead In Wicker Park

Drive-By Shooting Happened Just Off Trendy Division Street

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― A man standing on a Wicker Park street corner was fatally shot early Friday just blocks from busy Division Street bars.

David Valentin, 26, of 2110 W. Division St., was shot at 1936 W. Crystal St. and was pronounced dead at 1:32 a.m. at Stroger Hospital of Cook County, said the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.



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Somebody inside a white SUV opened fire on a group of people standing in the street just before 1 a.m. and Valentin was struck in the chest, police said.

Nobody else was injured, police said.

The shooting happened one block north from busy stretch of bars and restaurants on Division Street, but is not believed to be related to any bar activity, police said.

The SUV fled in an unknown direction and nobody is in custody Friday morning, police said.

Grand Central Area detectives are investigating.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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