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  • Jorge Azios, 3, died after more than a dozen bullets hit the car his father was driving.

  • Jose Luis Villegas / jvillegas@sacbee.com

    Jorge Azios (rt) is embraced near the corner of the corner of Loucreta Drive and Palmer House Drive, which is near Florin and Power Inn Roads where his son Jorge Azios was shot and killed. Jorge Azios, 3, died of multiple gunshot wounds suffered when somebody shot into the car in which he was riding with his father last night in south Sacramento County. Sheriff's department officials said deputies responded to a hospital shortly after 11 p.m. where the father of the little boy had taken his wounded son, and where he was pronounced dead. Deputies learned that that the boy was shot while riding in a vehicle with his father. Shots erupted from another vehicle, striking the father's vehicle multiple times. The father immediately knew his son had been wounded by the gunfire and decided to drive to the hospital.

  • Jose Luis Villegas / jvillegas@sacbee.com

    Family, friends and mourners gather for a candlelight vivil at the corner of the corner of Loucreta Drive and Palmer House Drive, which is near Florin and Power Inn Roads where 3 year old Jorge Azios was shot and killed. Jorge Azios, died of multiple gunshot wounds suffered when somebody shot into the car in which he was riding with his father last night in south Sacramento County. Sheriff's department officials said deputies responded to a hospital shortly after 11 p.m. where the father of the little boy had taken his wounded son, and where he was pronounced dead. Deputies learned that that the boy was shot while riding in a vehicle with his father. Shots erupted from another vehicle, striking the father's vehicle multiple times. The father immediately knew his son had been wounded by the gunfire and decided to drive to the hospital.

  • Jose Luis Villegas / jvillegas@sacbee.com

    Family, friends and mourners gather for a candlelight vivil at the corner of the corner of Loucreta Drive and Palmer House Drive, which is near Florin and Power Inn Roads where 3 year old Jorge Azios was shot and killed. Jorge Azios, died of multiple gunshot wounds suffered when somebody shot into the car in which he was riding with his father last night in south Sacramento County. Sheriff's department officials said deputies responded to a hospital shortly after 11 p.m. where the father of the little boy had taken his wounded son, and where he was pronounced dead. Deputies learned that that the boy was shot while riding in a vehicle with his father. Shots erupted from another vehicle, striking the father's vehicle multiple times. The father immediately knew his son had been wounded by the gunfire and decided to drive to the hospital.

  • Paul Kitagaki Jr. / pkitagaki@sacbee.com

    A memorial for shooting victim Jorge Azios, 3, who was killed in drive- by shooting as a passenger in his father car at Palmer House Drive and Loucreta Drive in Sacramento, Calif., July 05, 2012.

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Sacto 911: Carwashes, BBQs organized to raise money for 3-year-old shooting victim's funeral costs

Published: Friday, Jul. 6, 2012 - 12:15 pm
Last Modified: Thursday, Jul. 12, 2012 - 8:11 am

Two car washes and barbeques are scheduled for this weekend to raise money for the funeral of the 3-year-old boy killed in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night.

Jorge Azios was shot multiple times after an assailant fired more than a dozen rounds into the car he was riding in, driven by his 22-year-old father. They were headed westbound on Loucreta Drive near Palmer House Drive in the Florin area when the shooting occurred shortly before 11 p.m.

His father rushed him to a local hospital, where the boy was pronounced dead. Detectives suspect the shooting was gang-related.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has made no arrests and has asked for the public's help in identifying a suspect and a suspect vehicle.

A car wash and barbeque will be held at Maple Elementary School, 3301 37th Ave. in Sacramento, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and again from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. All proceeds will go toward funeral expenses, said Felicia Gutierrez, the boy's aunt.

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