Ivan Gutierrez killed, two men wounded, in drive-by shooting on block where he lived in Back of the Yards

Ivan Gutierrez was killed and two other men were wounded in a shooting early Sunday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

Gutierrez, 19, was standing on the sidewalk with the other men, ages 22 and 33, at 3:13 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Seeley, according to Chicago Police an d the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Someone in a passing vehicle fired shots, striking them all three men in the body, police said.

Gutierrez, who lived on the block where he was shot, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The 22-year-old was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, while the oldest man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with funeral and memorial expenses for Gutierrez.

“We lost a Father, a Son, an Uncle, and a Brother, as much as this hurts Ivan Gutierrez is no longer with us,” the page author wrote.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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