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WEEK IN REVIEW: Killed in Chicago violence

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At least 11 people were killed in violence in Chicago last week.

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A man was shot to death in the South Shore neighborhood Sunday evening. About 7:10 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 7200 block of South Phillips Avenue and found 25-year-old Grayson Langdon unresponsive on the ground, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Langdon had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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NEED ID: A man was shot dead outside a gas station early Sunday in the South Austin neighborhood, according to Chicago Police. Officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 4800 block of West Madison at 1:59 a.m. found the man, thought to be in his 20s, with multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen and chest, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. A witness said said he heard people arguing in the parking lot, then saw a large group of males start chasing the man before he heard about four to five shots.

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A south suburban man was shot to death early Saturday in the West Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Louis Antonio Torres, 31, of Blue Island, was driving in the 6800 block of South Springfield just before 2 a.m. when someone outside opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Torres was driven to Holy Cross Hospital and transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about three hours later.

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A man was shot to death early Saturday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Officers responding to reports of shots fired at 3:21 a.m. found 31-year-old Lorenzo Dixon lying in an alley in the 100 block of South California. He had suffered gunshot wounds to the head, left arm and left leg, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Dixon, who lived on the same block, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about half an hour later.

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Three men were wounded, one fatally, in a shooting in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood Thursday afternoon. At 4:15 p.m., three men were standing on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of South Homan when someone in a light colored vehicle drove up and fired shots, according to police.

Javoun Burnes, 22, was shot in the chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 6 p.m., according to the police and the medical examiner’s office. An 18-year-old man was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition after he was shot in the right leg, police said. A 20-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and was taken to Mount Sinai, where his condition was stabilized.

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A man was shot to death Wednesday night in the Little Village neighborhood. Giovanni Garcia, 18, was in the driver’s seat of a vehicle about 11 p.m., double parked in the 2400 block of South Springfield, when a black SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to police and the \medical examiner’s office. Garcia was shot in the chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.

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Manuel Vega died Tuesday, two days after he and another man were shot in the Brighton Park neighborhood early Sunday. Vega, 23, and a 30-year-old man were in an argument with a third man male at 4:57 a.m. in a parking lot in the 3300 block of West 47th Street. The third man pulled out a gun and opened fire, according to police. Vega was shot in the head and neck, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead Tuesday at 9:39 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The older man suffered gunshot wounds to the shoulder and forearm, and was taken to Mount Sinai, where his condition was stabilized.

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A man is in custody in connection with the death of a 21-month-old baby Tuesday morning in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Authorities responded to the 4700 block of South Honore at 11:22 a.m. and found Raiylana Vasquez unresponsive, police and the medical examiner’s office. She had suffered “obvious” signs of trauma.

Raiylana, 21 months old, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy Wednesday found she died of multiple injuries due to child abuse, and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.

A 22-year-old man, who was responsible for taking care of the child at the time of her death, was taken into custody, police said. The state Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the mother’s boyfriend for allegations of abuse and neglect, according to a spokeswoman.

There are three siblings in the family who do not live with the mother, but with another family member who has custody, according to the DCFS spokeswoman.

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A 17-year-old boy was killed in a South Austin neighborhood shooting Monday night on the West Side. Jeremiah Parker had just gotten out of his vehicle about 8:30 p.m. and was entering a home in the 500 block of South Lockwood when an armed male in a black hoodie confronted him and demanded his car keys, according to police and the medical examiner's office. A struggle ensued, during which the gun went off and the boy was struck in the chest and arm. The suspect then ran away. Parker was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about two hours later.

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About the same time, a 24-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. Orpheus Washington was on the street about 8:30 p.m. in the 3800 block of West Augusta when he fired shots at the occupants of a black car, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The car then pulled over and the occupants returned fire, striking Washington in the chest. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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A teenage boy was fatally shot Monday afternoon in West Garfield Park. Someone walked up to 16-year-old Clarence Coakley about 3:30 p.m. in the 4600 block of West Lake Street and shot him repeatedly in the upper torso, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene, and an autopsy showed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.


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