03-27-2009, 06:51 AM
Where exactly is Woodard Park? Read what the girl has to say about the new increased gang presence. Again, they talked about our wonderful parks at the mayor's debate but with this going on we can't even use them. Which gang wears red and black again? This young boy just died. Prayers for the family. How senseless.
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Quebrado
Tragic, senseless loss of life'
North Chicago teen dies days after shooting in Waukegan park
March 27, 2009
BY KENDRICK MARSHALL <!-- e --><a href="mailto:kmarshall@scn1.com">kmarshall@scn1.com</a><!-- e -->
WAUKEGAN -- The teenager who was shot Sunday in Bob Woodard Park has died of his injuries, authorities said.
Jonathan Quebrado, 15, of the 1800 block of Lincoln Street, North Chicago, was pronounced dead shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday, at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said.
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Gabriela Vargas, 18, of Waukegan, who lives near Woodard Park, talks about gang activity there as Angel Seura, 18, looks on.
(Thomas Delany, Jr./News-Sun)
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Quebrado
Quebrado's mother said Thursday her son loved to play basketball and never was a trouble maker.
"Jonathan was never in trouble. He loved to go to church and play with his friends," said Alma Quebrado, who has three other children. "I am going to miss him so much."
Lucy Garcia, the teen's aunt, said she does not have a clue why someone would have felt the need to shoot him.
"He was never in a gang or anything like that. I have known him all his life, and it hurts that someone did this to him."
Waukegan police were called to the park at 905 May St. around 3:40 p.m. Sunday and found Quebrado face down near the basketball court with a bullet wound to the back of the neck.
Witnesses at the scene said they saw three men wearing masks near the north end of the park firing handguns into a crowd of people before fleeing the area in a vehicle.
Gabriela Vargas, 18, who lives only a few feet from where Quebrado was shot, said her father heard about 10 gunshots near the park.
Vargas said that in recent weeks she and her family have noticed what a new gang presence near the park -- more than a dozen people dressed in red-and-black clothing.
"My father now tells me to be careful when I come home from school," she said.
Police said that while Quebrado was not in a gang, he was with known gang members when he was shot.
North Chicago High School Principal Daniel McDermott said it was a "tragic, senseless loss of life." He had known Quebrado since he was a student at Neal Math and Science Academy.
"Jonathan was an excellent and well-behaved person," McDermott said. "He was just a joy to work with."
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Quebrado
Tragic, senseless loss of life'
North Chicago teen dies days after shooting in Waukegan park
March 27, 2009
BY KENDRICK MARSHALL <!-- e --><a href="mailto:kmarshall@scn1.com">kmarshall@scn1.com</a><!-- e -->
WAUKEGAN -- The teenager who was shot Sunday in Bob Woodard Park has died of his injuries, authorities said.
Jonathan Quebrado, 15, of the 1800 block of Lincoln Street, North Chicago, was pronounced dead shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday, at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said.
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Gabriela Vargas, 18, of Waukegan, who lives near Woodard Park, talks about gang activity there as Angel Seura, 18, looks on.
(Thomas Delany, Jr./News-Sun)
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Quebrado
Quebrado's mother said Thursday her son loved to play basketball and never was a trouble maker.
"Jonathan was never in trouble. He loved to go to church and play with his friends," said Alma Quebrado, who has three other children. "I am going to miss him so much."
Lucy Garcia, the teen's aunt, said she does not have a clue why someone would have felt the need to shoot him.
"He was never in a gang or anything like that. I have known him all his life, and it hurts that someone did this to him."
Waukegan police were called to the park at 905 May St. around 3:40 p.m. Sunday and found Quebrado face down near the basketball court with a bullet wound to the back of the neck.
Witnesses at the scene said they saw three men wearing masks near the north end of the park firing handguns into a crowd of people before fleeing the area in a vehicle.
Gabriela Vargas, 18, who lives only a few feet from where Quebrado was shot, said her father heard about 10 gunshots near the park.
Vargas said that in recent weeks she and her family have noticed what a new gang presence near the park -- more than a dozen people dressed in red-and-black clothing.
"My father now tells me to be careful when I come home from school," she said.
Police said that while Quebrado was not in a gang, he was with known gang members when he was shot.
North Chicago High School Principal Daniel McDermott said it was a "tragic, senseless loss of life." He had known Quebrado since he was a student at Neal Math and Science Academy.
"Jonathan was an excellent and well-behaved person," McDermott said. "He was just a joy to work with."
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