Sunday, June 19, 2016

Singer known from Mexico's 'The Voice' fatally shot in Chicago

The Chicago Tribune reports:
A singer who earned a major following after participating in the Mexican version of "The Voice" died Saturday after being shot Thursday in a vehicle in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, officials said.

Alejandro "Jano" Fuentes was in a car in the 4300 block of South Archer Avenue after celebrating his 45th birthday with friends and colleagues when someone walked up, showed him a gun and told him to get out.

When he wouldn't get out of the car, the gunman fired multiple shots, hitting him in the head. Fuentes was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead there at 2:07 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Death by Chicago.