Esteban Sotelo Of Chicago Charged With Shooting Man Struck 6 Times While Shielding Baby

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Gang violence again. Imagine shooting someone in order to join a gang? Where are the parents?

A 19-year-old Chicago man was denied bond Sunday after prosecutors say he and a 14-year-old accomplice shot a man who was shielding his toddler as many as six times as part of a gang initiation.

Esteban Sotelo, 19, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon in connection to the Thursday shooting, the Tribune reports. Prosecutors say the shooting was supposed to be a gang initiation for the 14-year-old; the boy is is charged with aggravated battery and discharge of a firearm.

Prosecutors say the 29-year-old man was leaving his mother's house in the 2700 block of West 24th Street around 4:40 p.m. with his wife and their 20-month-old daughter and was trying to place the child in her car seat when Sotelo approached him, NBC Chicago reports.

The suspects, both members of the Latin Kings street gang, set out to shoot a rival Satan Disciple member for the 14-year-old's initiation, according to DNAinfo Chicago. Sotelo and the teen approached the car with the child inside and prosecutors say the victim turned to shield her from the gunfire after Sotelo called out to him.

The victim was shot six times in the legs, back and neck and still has a round lodged in his nasal cavity below his eye, according to prosecutors. He remains hospitalized following the incident. Police did not confirm if the victim was indeed a Satan Disciple member.

At the time of his arrest, prosecutors say Sotelo was already on probation for a felony cocaine-related conviction and has a juvenile record as well, for a 2007 robbery and a 2009 aggravated battery.

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[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Gang violence again. Imagine shooting someone in order to join a gang? Where are the parents?

A 19-year-old Chicago man was denied bond Sunday after prosecutors say he and a 14-year-old accomplice shot a man who was shielding his toddler as many as six times as part of a gang initiation.

Esteban Sotelo, 19, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon in connection to the Thursday shooting, the Tribune reports. Prosecutors say the shooting was supposed to be a gang initiation for the 14-year-old; the boy is is charged with aggravated battery and discharge of a firearm.

Prosecutors say the 29-year-old man was leaving his mother's house in the 2700 block of West 24th Street around 4:40 p.m. with his wife and their 20-month-old daughter and was trying to place the child in her car seat when Sotelo approached him, NBC Chicago reports.

The suspects, both members of the Latin Kings street gang, set out to shoot a rival Satan Disciple member for the 14-year-old's initiation, according to DNAinfo Chicago. Sotelo and the teen approached the car with the child inside and prosecutors say the victim turned to shield her from the gunfire after Sotelo called out to him.

The victim was shot six times in the legs, back and neck and still has a round lodged in his nasal cavity below his eye, according to prosecutors. He remains hospitalized following the incident. Police did not confirm if the victim was indeed a Satan Disciple member.

At the time of his arrest, prosecutors say Sotelo was already on probation for a felony cocaine-related conviction and has a juvenile record as well, for a 2007 robbery and a 2009 aggravated battery.

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Wonder if Barry organized that neighborhood

Edited July 31, 2013 by The conciliator

[spookyturtle 9,465]

This is the real problem in society, not the guns. ####### is wrong with people? I can't imagine an adult going out and shooting someone for fun, let alone a 14 year old kid. Why is it that in all my decades of gun ownership no matter how mad I have ever gotten I never once thought of shooting someone? Am I abnormal?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

This is the real problem in society, not the guns. ####### is wrong with people? I can't imagine an adult going out and shooting someone for fun, let alone a 14 year old kid. Why is it that in all my decades of gun ownership no matter how mad I have ever gotten I never once thought of shooting someone? Am I abnormal?

I like you ,but yes you are abnormal. Thoughts of shooting someone is perfectly normal at times. We just must learn to not act on our natural impulses unless they deserve it

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I like you ,but yes you are abnormal. Thoughts of shooting someone is perfectly normal at times. We just must learn to not act on our natural impulses unless they deserve it

Funny, but whenever I have been really enraged at someone, my thought was to choke them. Much more satisfying.

[Ban Hammer 13,150]

This is the real problem in society, not the guns. ####### is wrong with people? I can't imagine an adult going out and shooting someone for fun, let alone a 14 year old kid. Why is it that in all my decades of gun ownership no matter how mad I have ever gotten I never once thought of shooting someone? Am I abnormal?

my thoughts too.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

my thoughts too.

That I am abnormal?

[Darnell 8,478]

This is the real problem in society, not the guns. ####### is wrong with people? I can't imagine an adult going out and shooting someone for fun, let alone a 14 year old kid. Why is it that in all my decades of gun ownership no matter how mad I have ever gotten I never once thought of shooting someone? Am I abnormal?

A Man (or male of the human species, if you prefer), has gots to eat.

That's it, really.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Wonder if Barry organized that neighborhood

Of course he did.