DePaul University student shot to death; community grieves
BY NICOLE HERNANDEZ
The Sun-Times reports the DePaul University senior, Francisco Valencia, 21, of the 5100 block of West Strong Street, died from multiple gun shot wounds where a Halloween party was taking place in the 1700 block of North Rockwell Street on Sunday.
At 1:15 a.m. gun shots were fired, and at 4 a.m. Valencia was pronounced dead at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Daisy Camacho was also shot and wounded in the incident.
ABC Local states Valencia was a highly involved political science major with a promising future that was well known in the DePaul community.
Twitter users are saddened by the devastating incident and are praying for Valencia, his family and his friends:
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MsAnnie26 (Chicago, IL)
@DerrionAlbert say a prayer for Francisco Valencia who's bright future&life was cut short Sunday morning due to gun violence. 02 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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KrisDeLaRash (Chicago, IL)
RT @qstherockshow We extend best wishes to the family of Frankie Valencia and to Daisy Camacho and her family, my God be with you all 02 Nov 2009 from web
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hafsaarain (Santa Clara, CA)
is praying for Frankie Valencia's family and the DePaul community. May he rest in peace. 02 Nov 2009 from web
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JeTaunElysse (Chicago, IL)
I keep telling you people nowhere is safe.... Every1 is scared of the "hood" but there was a DePaul student shot in Logan square... Sad 02 Nov 2009 from UberTwitter
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JordanMyers (Undisclosed)
My prayers go out to the family and friends of Francisco Valencia, DePaul student murdered at a Halloween party this Saturday. 02 Nov 2009 from HootSuite
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Jose Rodriguez said:
Sometimes we might believe the violence is only obtained in "scary" neighborhod, but the truth is that it happens everywhere. Its so sad how a young Latino student was gunned down by some stuid decision another person made. In addition, knowing that we cannot do anything of brining back Francisco Valencia maybe we should consider his accomplishment and consider him a leader for the Latino community.
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