Chicago Woman Wounded in Mass Shooting at Her 25th Birthday Party Is Going to Hospice Care

Chicago woman wounded in mass shooting at her 25th birthday party is going to hospice care | News Channel 3-12

By Sara Machi Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — After being critically wounded in a mass shooting in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood that killed her father and two others, Mariah Vera’s body has held on for two and a half years. But her family says that time is running out, and they need help from the public. Vera’s family is preparing to move her to hospice care at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and they a…

Chicago woman wounded in mass shooting at her 25th birthday party is going to hospice care

By Sara Machi Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — After being critically wounded in a mass shooting in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood that killed her father and two others, Mariah Vera’s body has held on for two and a half years. But her family says that time is running out, and they need help from the public. Vera’s family is preparing to move her to hospice care at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and they a…

Family prepares for end of life for woman severely injured in 2022 Portage Park triple murder

CHICAGO (WGN) — The family of a woman severely injured in a shooting more than two and a half years ago is preparing for the end of her life. In 2022, Mariah Vera was celebrating her 25th birthday at the Vera Lounge—her family's bar in the Northwest Side neighborhood of Portage Park. At about 2:30 in the morning, a man opened fire following a fight at the bar. Vera's father, Ricky, and two others—26-year-old Mario Pozuelos and 24-year-old Merced…