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Gage Park man, killed while defending his younger brother, shunned gang life
By John Carpenter and Rummana HussainThe thug life was all around Jose Ibarra, who sprinkled his artwork with anti-gang messages and calls for peace. Gang-bangers in his Gage Park neighborhood hassled...
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Brother remembers Jose Ibarra, killed Sunday morning
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Man killed in South Chicago shooting
A man was killed in a drive-by shooting in the South Chicago neighborhood Tuesday evening.Tyrone Hart, 18, was standing on the corner in the 8000 block of South Chappel Avenue when someone inside a...
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Man shot to death in West Pullman garage
A man was found shot to death in a West Pullman neighborhood garage Tuesday night on the Far South Side.Police called to the 11600 block of South Laflin Street about 8 p.m. found the body of...
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Man shot in head on West Side dies
A man who was shot in the head in the Austin neighborhood late Tuesday has died.Coby Bridgeman, 29, was outside in the 5600 block of West Washington Boulevard when three men approached about 10:20...
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Comment: Time to be strong for our own communities
Regarding the video on the death of Ashley Hardmon, "clchuck" writes: "Watching these videos and seeing two amazingly strong individuals that I know go through this is extremely overwhelming. My...
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Report: Slain teen planned to escape Chicago violence
A report in DNAinfo Chicago Thursday said Tyrone Hart, 18, was planning to move to Atlanta this fall to escape gang violence. The South Side teen was gunned down in front of his home in a drive by...
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Gang member injured in shooting charged with murder
An alleged Gangster Disciple was ordered held on a $2.5 million bond Thursday after being charged with the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man Sunday on the Near North Side in an incident in which the...
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Family searching for answers in murder of Englewood teen
Darryl Green's cousin and father said the Harper High School junior stayed away from gangs. But Green’s father also said the last time he talked to his son, he wound up staring down the barrel of a...
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$1M bond for man charged in fatal shooting of teen in South Deering
Bond was set Saturday at $1 million for a 24-year-old man charged with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy at a CHA complex on the Far South Side two weeks ago.The shooting happened about 2:50 p.m....
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Man shot to death in West Pullman garage
A man was found shot to death in a West Pullman neighborhood garage Tuesday night on the Far South Side.Police called to the 11600 block of South Laflin Street about 8 p.m. found the body of...
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Man killed in Greater Grand Crossing; 17 others wounded across the city in...
One person was killed and at least 17 others were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, authorities said.Sterling McKenzie, 27, was shot and killed in the street in the Greater...
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Man killed in South Shore shooting
A man was killed after he was shot down the block from his home in the South Shore neighborhood.He was shot about 9 a.m. in the 7800 block of South Oglesby Avenue, when a male shooter emerged from and...
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Man fatally shot in the Back of the Yards
A man was shot and killed Monday after an argument in a restaurant the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.The man, 28, was walking into the restaurant in the 2000 block of West Garfield...
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Authorities: Man killed in West Englewood
A man was shot and killed in the West Englwood neighborhood Monday night, just two blocks away from the scene of another homicide earlier in the day.The shooting occurred about 8:50 p.m. in the 1800...
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Two Englewood neighbors killed in separate shootings, within hours of each other
By John Carpenter and Cat ZakrzewskiWhen L’Terrick Benion heard that Cauirece Graham had been killed, he sprinted out of his home, up the steps of the building next door and banged on the door of the...
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West Pullman man shot, killed, after fight with former girlfriend
Dovone Jackson didn't like to see his former girlfriend with other men, especially when she had their 4-year-old daughter with her. So family members weren’t surprised that a fight broke out Monday...
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Charges upgraded to murder against suspect in Fourth of July beating death
Charges have been upgraded against a man who allegedly beat his roommate to death during a fight July 4 outside their South Side home.Juan Zavala, 46, and his roommate Alvaro Elizondo, 45, got into a...
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West Pullman man killed after custody argument escalates
Dovone Jackson was angry Monday night that his ex-girlfriend was driving through the neighborhood with their 4-year-old daughter and another man, family members said. An argument ensued, escalating...
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South Side man charged with July 4 murder killed before, on Christmas in 1987
A South Side man charged in his sister’s boyfriend’s murder following a drunken July 4th attack had killed another person in similar fashion on Christmas more than 25 years ago, Cook County prosecutors...
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