A 24-year-old Aurora man shot dead Monday in a double shooting on Aurora’s Near East Side had been using a wheelchair because of injuries sustained in a 2011 shooting, according to police.
Aurora police are investigating what happened near Spring Street and State Street, where the shooting was reported at 5:15 p.m.
Responding officers found William Radillo, 24, of the 800 block of Fifth Street, in the area with multiple gunshot wounds, and a 33-year-old Aurora man with at least one gunshot wound, police said in a news release Tuesday.
Aurora Fire Department paramedics transported the men to separate Aurora hospitals.
Radillo was pronounced dead at 5:51 p.m. Monday.
The other man is receiving treatment and does not have life-threatening injuries, according to police.
During their investigation, police have learned the two men were near a building on the northwest corner of State and Spring streets when two other males dressed in dark clothing approached.
At least one of the two men opened fire, and both then ran from the scene to a waiting SUV, parked in an alley east of the shooting site, according to police.
Police are not releasing a description of the SUV but said it went eastbound.
Radillo’s 4-year-old daughter was about a block away, walking to a fast food restaurant with a family friend, when her father was shot, Aurora police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said. Radillo and the 33-year-old, who lives in the area, were “hanging out” Monday when they were shot, Ferrelli said.
Police said they “are not ruling out” gang motivation as a possible motive.
But they said the shooting does not appear to be related to another fatal shooting that occurred on New Year’s Eve in the 400 block of Melrose.
Radillo’s autopsy is pending with the Kane County coroner.
On Tuesday morning, neon orange paint marked the southwest corner of the intersection of Spring and State streets. Yellow police tape still was wrapped around a pole a few lots east on the north side of Spring Street, but the scene was mostly cleaned, with few other signs of what happened the night before.
Jankarlo Mendez, 19, said he was watching TV on Monday in his family’s home down the block on State Street, where his family has lived for six or seven years, when he heard at least four gunshots.
He could also hear a man scream for help in Spanish — “Ayuda!” — he said.
A 12-year-old girl who was also home said she heard men also screaming other words, but she couldn’t make them out.
Then she looked out the window and saw a couple of men or boys and a woman run by, she said.
Mendez said he was scared and chose not to look outside.
On Spring Street, a few houses east of the intersection with State Street, Gelasio Lopez was with his 8-year-old son, playing video games upstairs, and didn’t notice the noise.
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Lopez’s wife came in and told them she had heard maybe five gunshots, Lopez said.
A neighbor reported hearing even more, Lopez said.
When Lopez went downstairs and looked out the window, police and paramedics had arrived. He could see several officers and paramedics down the street with a man in a wheelchair, he said.
Shortly after the Lopez family moved to the house seven years ago, Lopez noticed gang violence, but lately he had felt peaceful on the block where they lived, so Monday’s shooting surprised him, he said.
So far police have made no arrests, Ferrelli said. They are reviewing video evidence, following several leads and continue to ask the public to come forward with information, he said.
Police ask anyone with information about the shootings to call Aurora police investigators at 630-256-5500 or Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000.
Callers to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous and qualify for a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to any arrests.
People also can submit tips through the Aurora Police Department’s free My PD mobile app.
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