And from a shooting on the Northside to one on the South - the victim was also grazed. 31 year old Francis Petillo went to buy vegetables yesterday afternoon when he was chased by a gunman. He gave us the account off camera.
Voice of: Francis Petillo, Shooting Victim
"I was going by the vegetable area to buy something for my sister and a gunman approached me and chased me with a gun and I had to drop my things and I got shot twice in my stomach."
Reporter
"And this gunman, is it somebody you know? Anyone you are familiar with?"
Voice of: Francis Petillo, Shooting Victim
"No, I don't know him from anywhere."
Reporter
"Were you ever threatened before? You know if anyone had a target on your back so to speak, anything?"
Voice of: Francis Petillo, Shooting Victim
"Nobody ma'am, I have not gotten threatened before."
Reporter
"So you have no idea why you were shot?"
Voice of: Francis Petillo, Shooting Victim
"No idea ma'am. I just recently I come out of jail and I behaved myself from then."
"I didn't do anything, it is just a chain I went to jail for ma'am."
Courtney Weatherburne, 7News
"And you said it is because of a chain, so it was robbery?"
Voice of: Francis Petillo, Shooting Victim
"Yes a robbery of a chain."
As you heard Petillo was released from jail for a robbery offense. He was released in 2010. He spent 5 years for the offense. Police are reviewing surveillance video to look for a suspect.
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