Evanston resident Alante Vallejo fatally shot in Rogers Park

Alante Vallejo was killed in a Friday afternoon shooting in the Rogers Park neighborhood that left another man wounded.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired found 18-year-old Alante Vallejo lying in the 1900 block of West Howard Street with a gunshot wound to his torso about 1:45 p.m., authorities said.

Vallejo, of the 200 block of Ridge Avenue in Evanston, died at Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston at 2:26 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A second man, 20, later walked into NorthShore University HealthSystem Evanston Hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot from the same shooting, police said. He was listed in good condition.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area North detectives are investigating if the shooting is gang related.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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