At least five people people were killed in shootings across the city this past week.
The five killings took place since Monday with two other people being wounded. The latest killing was Manuel Arizaga, who was on his way to work when he was killed early this morning.
The incident happened around 4:40 a.m. as Manuel Arizaga was shot and killed while walking to work Friday morning, according to family.
Police news Affairs Officer Ron Gainers said that the 34-year-old was found shot in the head in the 3600 block of North St. Louis.
Jose Neri was killed in shooting that resulted in another teenager being critically wounded Wednesday evening on the North Side.
Neri and the younger boy, 15, were in the 6100 block of West Fullerton, the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, when a gunman walked up and shot them, police said.
Both teens were taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, police said.
Neri of the 2900 block of North Normandy was pronounced dead at the hospital at 6:30 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The other boy was listed in critical condition early on Thursday.
Dimarkiss Scott was fatally shot in the Austin neighborhood late Wednesday.
Officers at the scene said the shooting may have been a robbery gone wrong and he didn’t show any signs of being a gang member.
Scott was in an altercation with another person before midnight on the 1300 block of North Lockwood. The other person pulled a gun, at some point, and repeatedly shot Scott, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Soctt, who lived on the same block, was pronounced dead at 12:17 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office.
Police are investigating whether the shooting might have been gang-related.
Abel Ruvalcaba was shot to death Monday morning in the Little Village neighborhood.
The shooting occurred around 4:30 a.m. where 21-year-old Ruvalcaba was a passenger in a vehicle in the 2400 block of South Sawyer when he we was struck in the chest from someone firing shots from the sidewalk, according to police.
Ruvalcaba, of the 2200 block of South Spaulding, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he later died, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.