Seventeen-year-old Tiara Viramontes died Sunday afternoon, more than 12 hours after she and a man were shot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Viramontes and the 30-year-old man were in the back of a building at 4:48 a.m. in the 3500 block of West Huron, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Someone opened fire and the girl was shot in the back of the head. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 5:24 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said. She lived on the same block as the shooting.
The man suffered a gunshot wound to the upper right leg and was also taken to Stroger, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.
Tiara was a student at Marine Leadership Academy, where she played on the basketball and softball teams.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to hep the family with funeral expenses.
On the page, her mother, Cynthia Pagan, wrote: Tiara was a loving and caring daughter, sister, aunt, friend, cousin, niece, and loved by many. Tiara was very full of life and if you ever met her you wouldn’t forget her.”
The GoFundMe page had raised more than $3,300 in 16 hours toward a goal of $7,500.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire