'Surge of Violence' in Humboldt Park Has Angry Alderman Roberto Maldonado (26th) Criticizing Police

HUMBOLDT PARK — Humboldt Park residents near the site of a daytime shooting that killed a man Wednesday are rattled, and Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) is outraged.

The shooting, which injured one man and killed another, happened a block from The 606 trail on a residential side street.

The look of the pocket of the neighborhood where the shooting occurred gives the impression that things have gotten better there. The blocks feature a mix of older, working-class homes, apartment buildings and a scattering of modern single-family homes that have popped up in recent years.

"It's just not getting better over here. It's getting worse," said 24-year-old Ceci Rodriguez, who grew up in the neighborhood with the victim of Wednesday's murder.

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