Man killed, another in serious condition after West Rogers Park shooting

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Two men were shot, one fatally, late Thursday in the West Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.

At 11:30 p.m., the pair was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 6500 block of North Albany when gunfire struck them, according to Chicago police.

Chicago police investigate the scene where two people were shot, one killed and one in serious condition, Thursday night, in the 6500 block of North Albany, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago police investigate the scene where two people were shot, one killed and one in serious condition, Thursday night, in the 6500 block of North Albany, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Luis Aguilar, 27, was shot in the head and pronounced dead on the scene at 11:52 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

An autopsy released Friday said Aguilar died from multiple gunshot wounds. His death was ruled a homicide.

The other man, 26, took a bullet to the face and was brought in serious condition to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston.

Witnesses said they heard multiple gunshots ring out and saw a black Toyota Rav4 speeding away from where the two men were shot, according to police.

Chicago police investigate the scene where two people were shot, one killed and one in serious condition, Thursday night, in the 6500 block of North Albany, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago police investigate the scene where two people were shot, one killed and one in serious condition, Thursday night, in the 6500 block of North Albany, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

No one was in custody early Friday.

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