Colon , of the 2900 block of West Armitage Avenue, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 8:16 p.m. Friday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. An autopsy on Saturday found that she suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the back and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Police said on Sunday that they believe Colon was not the intended target of the shooter. No additional details on the shooting were available as of Sunday morning.
Frances Colon, 18, a senior at Roberto Clemente High School, was gunned down Friday night in the 1100 block of North Pulaski. She was the unintended target of a shooter, Chicago Police said Sunday.
Judith Vazquez, who serves on Clemente’s Local School Council, called Colon’s death tragic and denounced all the recent shootings in which children have been killed.
“This is happening citywide, not just on the South Side, not just in Hyde Park where the president lives,” she said referring to the fatal shooting of Hadiya Pendleton, 15, a mile from the President Barack Obama’s house a week after she had performed in inauguration events in Washington, D.C.“The violence is bad citywide. It’s affecting the kids as a whole.”
Frances Colon was shot in the shoulder about 7 p.m. in the 1100 block of North Pulaski, police said.
“This girl was on track,” Vazquez said, referring other questions to the school.
Colon, of the 2900 block of West Armitage, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 8:16 p.m. Friday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy on Saturday found that she suffered a fatal gunshot wound in her back and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.