

“Yesterday, on the Paseo Boricua in the Humboldt Park community of the 14th District, Superintendent David O. The police superintendent was at the parade.

This fundraiser is to cover funeral service costs for Gyo’s family and medical bills for Yasmin’s family.” Please keep them, their children, and their families in your thoughts and prayers during this time. “Gyo unfortunately passed away after arriving to the hospital and Yasmin is in critical condition after sustaining a gunshot wound to the neck. “On June 19th, 2021, Gyovanny Arzuaga and Yasmin Perez were celebrating at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Humboldt Park when they were both tragically shot,” the GoFundMe page says. “The man who was killed literally used his body as a shield and he paid for that with his life.” “It wasn’t just one person there were others standing by who dragged that poor woman out of a car,” Mayor Lightfoot said, according to WGN-TV. The graphic video shows a shooting at close range as people fight near a car that is festooned with a Puerto Rican flag.Īccording to Fox News, Arzuaga was shot in the head and Perez was shot in the neck, but her condition is not clear. The Video Shows a Shooting at Close Range

A GoFundMe page to help the family has raised more than $11,000. You can watch the video below, but be aware that it’s very disturbing. Gyovanny Arzuaga, 24, and Yasmin Perez, 25, were attacked by up to three unidentified men who opened fire on them in Humboldt Park on the city’s Northwest Side around 9:15 p.m., Chicago police said. You see the suspect shooting him in the head almost execution style.” “A group of people swarmed that specific car, they are seen hitting and beating that woman. “There was a very minor traffic accident, and a group of people swarmed that specific car,” said Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan, according to Fox 32. However, a minor traffic incident preceded it. Police said three unknown suspects opened fire on the pair in Humboldt Park around 9:15 p.m. Gyovanny Arzuaga and Yasmin Perez were shot in a graphic video in Chicago after celebrating a Puerto Rican Day parade with a Puerto Rican flag on their car.Īrzuaga died immediately Yasmin Perez survived for some time, but she has also now died, according to CBS Chicago.Īccording to Chicago police, the husband and girlfriend (parents of two children) were celebrating the parade on Saturday, June 19, 2021, when gunmen ambushed and shot them.
