CA Student Shane Colombo Shot Dead In Chicago “Hours” After Arriving In Windy City

CHICAGO, IL. (THECOUNT) — Shane Colombo, has been identified as the California man killed while visiting Chicago Sunday.

Colombo, 25, who was preparing to pursue a doctorate degree at Northwestern University, was shot and killed after being caught in gunfire between two men in Chicago.

The unfortunate death occurred in a Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago‘s far north side, officials say.

Mother, Tonya Colombo, told local reporters that Shane arrived in the city to meet up with his fiance just hours before the fatal shooting.

“I was very concerned about him coming out here, and he was killed within four hours of being in the city, four hours of stepping off that plane,” she said. source

The 25-year-old received a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University. He spent the past two years living in New York, where he had been performing research in the Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Columbia University.