Police investigate deadly Albany Park shooting

By ABC7
March 11, 2009 (CHICAGO) Police responded to reports of gunfire on West Ainsle near Ridgeway in Chicago and found the victim lying in the alley.

Seventeen-year-old Franco Avila was wounded in the stomach. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police do not have a motive or suspect for the teen's deadly shooting.

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