Julio Ramos killed in Bucktown shooting

Julio Ramos was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Bucktown neighborhood late Thursday.

Ramos was sitting in an SUV parked in the 2000 block of West Fullerton Avenue when a gray pickup truck pulled up and somebody inside opened fired about 11:40 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Ramos, 30, of the 4000 block of West Oakdale Avenue, was shot in the head and died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 3:17 a.m. Friday, authorities said.

An area man said he was watching television when he heard four gunshots. The man said when he looked out the window he saw people running around and then police arrived minutes later.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

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

— Sun-Times Media Wire, Network Video Productions

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