David Martinez killed, 16-year-old boy wounded in Little Village shooting

Nineteen-year-old David Martinez was killed and a 16-year-old boy wounded in a shooting Monday in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The two were in the 3000 block of South Kedvale Avenue at 5:01 p.m. when someone walked up, pulled a gun and fired shots, Chicago Police said.

Martinez was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:14 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 2700 block of South Komensky.

The 16-year-old was shot in the back and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Martinez was one of five men who were fatally shot in Chicago on Monday.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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