Tracking homicides in Chicago
Showing 8 homicides since Jan. 1, 2007.
| Name, age + Story |
Date + Time |
Block
+ Community area |
Cause + Locale |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Artemio Silva,
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1/14/12 |
3700 S. Western Ave.
Mckinley Park |
Auto Crash |
|
Omar Vargas,
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1/14/12 |
3700 S. Western Ave.
Mckinley Park |
Auto Crash |
|
Victor Ybarra,
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10/9/11 |
4100 S. Richmond St.
Brighton Park |
Auto Crash |
|
Mandeep Bedi,
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8/19/11
|
300 E. Garfield Blvd.
Washington Park |
Auto Crash
Street |
|
Raul Medina,
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6/2/11
|
4000 S. Kedzie Ave.
Brighton Park |
Auto Crash
Sidewalk |
|
Teresa Cygan,
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5/22/11
|
4400 W. Diversey Ave.
Hermosa |
Auto Crash
Street |
|
Franciszek Opiela,
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5/22/11
|
4400 W. Diversey Ave.
Hermosa |
Auto Crash
Street |
|
Renee Torres,
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1/27/11
|
4000 W. 25th Pl.
South Lawndale |
Auto Crash
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Tracking homicides in Chicago is an ongoing project of the RedEye. This site is updated regularly with information from the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Breaking News Center. Information is subject to change. Data points appear Thursdays in RedEye’s print edition.
EveryBlock was a source for 2008 homicide data.
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- 2007: view online, or download a spreadsheet
- 2008: view online, or download a spreadsheet
- 2009: view online, or download a spreadsheet
- 2010: view online, or download a spreadsheet
- 2011: view online, or download a spreadsheet
- 2012: view online, or download a spreadsheet
- or read our primer on visualizing this data.
This application is based on Homicide Report, created for the Los Angeles Times by Ken Schwencke. It was adapted for use in Chicago by Ryan Mark, Chris Groskopf, Joe Germuska and Brian Boyer.
Tracy Swartz wrangles the data and writes the posts.
Drew Sottardi organizes and maps the print edition.
