Posted on 09/05/2018 9:42:46 AM PDT by Simon Green
A Northwestern University doctoral student who beat cancer was one of six people shot to death over the weekend in Chicago, gunned down by a stray bullet when he walked into the middle of a gunfight just four hours after arriving in the city to start school, police and his mother said.
Shane Colombo, 25, was killed Sunday in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago while on an errand to buy clothes hangers, said his mother, Tonya Colombo of Menifee, California
"He was a bright, beautiful, amazing son. And he was so loving," the tearful mother told ABC News in a phone interview minutes after identifying her son Tuesday afternoon at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Chicago.
Shane Colombo was fatally shot about 8:25 p.m. on Sunday, when he got caught in the crossfire of a gun battle between two people, according to officials at the Chicago Police Department. He was shot once in the abdomen and taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Illinois, where he died, police said.
Police were working Tuesday to identify suspects in Colombo's killing, but no arrests were made.
He was one of a half-dozen people shot dead in Chicago over the long Labor Day weekend, police said. The other homicide victims ranged in age from 18 to 41 and included two women.
Tonya Colombo said her son had just arrived in Chicago to live with his fiancé, Vincent Perez.
"I was very concerned about him coming out here, and he was killed within four hours of being in the city, four hours of stepping off that plane," Colombo's mother told ABC News.
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Sad story.
Chicago is another liberal hell hole.
That’s not my definition of a “stray bullet”....
“.. his fiancé, Vincent Perez.”
Say what?
HIS FINANCE “VINCENT”.
What kind of dumbass parents name their daughter "Vincent"? Yeah, I know, I know...
Chicago at its finest
I lived in Rogers Park decades ago, and it was a decent middle class neighborhood. I wonder if my old neighborhood has gone downhill.
Rogers park is 20 minutes from campus, doesn’t have “great” shopping and hasn’t been a great neighborhood for some time? Assume as a Doc candidate he lived off campus - not a great area to pick.
He could get clothes hangers at a walgreens/cvs within minutes walk of the campus. Besides why would his mom know he was going for clothes hangers - who tells someone that?
I used to live in Rogers Park. 6800 North 1200 West. It was a nice residential neighborhood. I haven’t been back in many years.
Yeah. These tragedies wouldn't happen if the disconnected didn't have the attitude that the violence won't affect them, so it's okay.
Congrats to the Black Gangbangers in Chitown, they bagged a twofer, White and Gay.
Condolences to the Family of this young man, but I’m sure the Gun will be blamed by them, not the poor Minority Perp who shot him.
If only he had been run down by a Drunk Illegal Invader...
Sounds like he wasn’t given the lesson on which neighborhoods to avoid.
Welcome to Chicago.
Duck!
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Okay....................
Say what?
Never bring a gay blade to a gunfight.
Right. Who goes to a park at 830 at night to buy clothes hangers? Seems like he walked into a marketing and sales dispute between two drug dealers.
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