1 dead, 1 wounded in Little Village shooting

Brandon Alcaraz, 22, was struck in the head Saturday night in the 2500 block of South Trumbull Avenue. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A 17-year-old boy was wounded.

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One person was killed and another wounded in a car-to-car shooting Saturday night in Little Village.

The pair was stopped at a stop sign just before midnight in the 2500 block of South Trumbull Avenue when someone in a white sedan opened fire, Chicago police said.

Brandon Alcaraz, 22, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

A boy, 17, was struck in the leg and taken to the same hospital in fair condition, police said.

There was no one in custody.

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