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Jul 30, 2007 7:49 pm US/Central

Promising Young Boxer Fatally Shot In Chicago Lawn

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CBS 2's Alita Guillen and the STNG Wire contributed to this report.
CHICAGO (CBS) ― A 19-year-old resident of the Chicago Lawn community and national Silver Gloves boxing champion was shot to death near his Southwest Side home in an apparent gang-related incident early Sunday.

After returning about 2:15 a.m. from a family barbecue, Alejandro "Alex" Calderon sat on the front porch of the family's home in the 3300 block of West 60th Place. He, his brother and a friend waited for his sister's husband so they could head to the back yard together.

An unknown number of people approached Calderon on the porch and asked him to "drop the fork," Calderon's sister Jessica Zadala said.

The gang-related talk wasn't welcomed by Calderon.

Calderon's sister says her brother told them "No, we don't want gang bangers around here."

A few minutes later the dark, older-model car circled back and two shots were fired.

"My little brother met me half way screaming 'They shot Alex, they shot Alex,'" Zavala said. "I thought he was shot in the leg, in the arm. But when I came my brother was laying out on the floor, with a gunshot in his head, blood all around here."

He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 2:53 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

As CBS 2's Alita Guillen reports, the family is asking for help and the neighbors are praying for an end to gun violence.

Police say they are conducting investigations but have made no arrests. Anyone with information is asked to call Area 1 Police Headquarters.

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