Chicago man shot, killed just after celebrating his own birthday
CHICAGO -- A birthday party in the Gage Park ended in tragedy this past weekend â as a young man was shot and killed steps away from his family.CBS 2's Charlie De Mar spoke Friday night with the young man's family about what happened, and how they are coping.Alexis Rodriguez's family is, of course, torn apart over his violent death.
The car his son was driving smashed into parked cars after he was shot.We spoke to Rodriguez's dad, Manuel Reyes, through an interpreter.'After the accident, he was outside with Alexis, and he saw he was bleeding out and he was trying to help him out,' the interpreter said. 'It's a pain he doesn't wish on any other parent to experience.'Family said Rodriguez left the birthday to pick up friends, and they were returning to the house on Maplewood Avenue around 11:30 p.
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