Roberto Ortiz of Cicero dies five days after being shot in Back of the Yards


Roberto Ortiz of west suburban Cicero died Saturday, five days after he was shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Ortiz, 20, was outside about 8:50 p.m. on July 18 in the 4400 block of South Wolcott when a male got out of a black four-door vehicle and shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Ortiz, of the 2600 block of South 60th Court in Cicero, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 12:48 a.m. Saturday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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