Northside College Prep student fatally shot in Old Irving Park

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A popular Northside College Prep student was fatally shot in the Old Irving Park neighborhood on Monday night.

17-year-old Emanuel Gallegos was a passenger in a car traveling westbound in the 4400 block of West Addison Street at about 5:36 p.m. when Chicago police said a gunman fired at him from a street corner.
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The teen was shot in the neck and transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he later died.

Gallegos was with a friend on his way to get a haircut, according to his family.

"Yesterday he didn't answer. I knew something was wrong, he always answered my phone calls," said his brother Esteban Gallegos.
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The motive for the shooting remains unknown. Gallegos was not known to police.

The shooter jumped into a car with two others and drove away, according to police.



Area South Detectives say they are still trying to identify all three individuals.
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