http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/xavier-soto/Latest news about Xavier Sotoen-usMon, 01 May 2017 11:56:55 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/05/01/16-year-old-xavier-soto-died-two-days-after-being-shot-in-the-head-in-belmont-cragin-drive-by/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/2335.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Fifteen-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/xavier-soto/">Xavier Soto</a>, who was shot along with another teen Thursday night in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side, died of his injuries two days later.</p> <p>Soto was with a 16-year-old boy at 8:03 p.m. Thursday in the 4900 block of West George, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. </p> <p>A vehicle approached them and someone inside fired multiple shots, according to police.</p> <p>Soto was shot in the head and was in initially listed in critical condition, police said. The older boy was in serious condition after being shot in the buttocks, thigh and arm.</p> <p>Both were taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where Soto was pronounced dead at 4:09 p.m. Saturday, according to authorities. He lived on the block where he was shot.</p> <p>No one was in custody as of Monday morning.</p> <p><em>--Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesMon, 01 May 2017 11:56:55 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/05/01/16-year-old-xavier-soto-died-two-days-after-being-shot-in-the-head-in-belmont-cragin-drive-by/Xavier Soto