Alvin Ivy, 49, fatally shot on Near West Side

Scene where Alvin Ivy was shot / Photo from NVP News Video
Scene where Alvin Ivy was shot / Photo from NVP News Video

A 49-year-old man was killed in a Tuesday night shooting that also left two teenage boys wounded on the Near West Side.

Alvin Ivy and the teenagers were standing on a sidewalk in the 200 block of South Western Avenue when a male got out of a dark car and opened fire about 10 p.m., authorities said.


Ivy, of the 1300 block of South Kedzie Avenue, was shot in the chest and died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County a short time later, authorities said.

The teenagers, 17 and 18, were each shot in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital for treatment, police said.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

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

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