Friends, relatives want answers in E.C. slaying
Mom, girlfriend claim Rene Alonzo was never transported to hospital
Mom, girlfriend claim Rene Alonzo was never transported to hospital
Post-Tribune (IN)
September 29, 2007
September 29, 2007
Friends and relatives of a Griffith man gunned down in East Chicago want answers -- and some communication -- from the East Chicago police department.
The girlfriend and mother of Rene Alonzo , 33, say he was never transported to a hospital after he was shot Sept. 16 outside U.S. Sports Bar, 3948 Alder St. in East Chicago.
Additionally, his girlfriend, Erica Badillo, and mother, Patricia Alonzo Barrientos, claim the shooting took place around 10:30 p.m., but the coroner didn't pronounce him dead until early the next morning.
His father, Richard Alonzo , is also upset with East Chicago police, saying he's called them multiple times this week and they have yet to get back to him.
But Nick Devorsac, assistant chief for the East Chicago Fire Department, said an ambulance arrived at the scene at 10:40 p.m., about four minutes after paramedics were notified of the shooting. Devorsac said paramedics checked for every possible sign of life and to see if Alonzo could be resuscitated. Based on Alonzo 's wounds, and his lack of response, he was dead before the ambulance arrived there, Devorsac said.
"This was not a survivable event," Devorsac said, stressing that the paramedics did everything they could.
The Lake County Coroner's office was notified of the shooting at 11:25 p.m. Sept. 16, and pronounced Alonzo dead at the scene at 12:10 a.m. Sept. 17, a spokesman at the office said.
Devorsac didn't know why it took so long for the coroner's office to get the call, saying that would fall under police jurisdiction.
East Chicago Police Chief Angelo Machuca couldn't be reached Friday for comment.
"This was not a survivable event."
-- Nick Devorsac, Assistant chief, East Chicago Fire Department
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