Charges pending against alleged gunman in shooting outside Garfield Park library branch
A 37-year-old Brookfield man was arrested in the shooting that wounded two boys, ages 12 and 16, outside the Legler public library branch.
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A 37-year-old Brookfield man was arrested in the shooting that wounded two boys, ages 12 and 16, outside the Legler public library branch.
CPD said 37-year-old Adam Avizius has been charged with a felony for a Chicago shooting in West Garfield Park that injured a teen and a child Tuesday.
The boys, ages 12 and 16, were shot about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday outside the Legler Regional Branch library, 115 S. Pulaski Rd., according to Chicago police.
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