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    Showing 51 homicides in May 2012

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    Name, age +
    story    		 Date, time +
    case number    		 Block +
    Community area     		Cause +
    Locale
    Floyd Newell, 36
    > Read more     		5/31/12
    10:28 a.m.
    HV311867     		11300 S. Vincennes Ave.
    Morgan Park     		Gunshot
    Street
    Ivan Alanis, 13
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/29/12
    2:15 a.m.
    HV308059     		5100 N. Broadway
    Uptown     		Gunshot
    Tavern/liquor store
    Malcolm Dowdy, 23
    > Read more     		5/28/12
    9:56 p.m.
    HV307808     		1700 E. 68th St.
    South Shore     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Melissa Woods, 40
    > Read more     		5/28/12
    6:06 p.m.
    HV307529     		1500 S. Sawyer Ave.
    North Lawndale     		Gunshot
    Abandoned building
    Marley Collins, 19
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/28/12
    5:36 p.m.
    HV306745     		1500 S. Spaulding Ave.
    North Lawndale     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Natalie Brady, 35
    > Read more     		5/28/12
    5:31 a.m.
    HV306745     		3000 S. Kostner Ave.
    South Lawndale     		Gunshot
    Alley
    Robert McNear, 35
    > Read more     		5/28/12
    1:15 a.m.
    HV306578     		5000 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
    Grand Boulevard     		Gunshot
    Alley
    Jaleel Beasley, 19
    > Read more     		5/27/12
    2:12 a.m.
    HV305240     		2400 W. Roosevelt Rd.
    Near West Side     		Gunshot
    Barbershop
    Jaylin Johnson, 18
    > Read more     		5/26/12
    10:44 p.m.
    HV305046     		11100 S. Normal Ave.
    Roseland     		Gunshot
    Gangway
    Jeffrey Triplett, 17
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/26/12
    2:16 a.m.
    HV303885     		1500 S. Millard Ave.
    North Lawndale     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Marcus Morgan, 27
    > Read more     		5/25/12
    10:32 p.m.
    HV303680     		5300 S. Justine St.
    New City     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Lorrie Heidrick, 48
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/25/12
    6:34 p.m.
    HV303630     		6500 S. Kenwood Ave.
    Woodlawn     		Gunshot
    Residence
    Mario Tempana-Vena, 69
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/25/12
    6:34 p.m.
    HV303630     		6500 S. Kenwood Ave.
    Woodlawn     		Gunshot
    Residence
    Varren Brown, 47
    > Read more     		5/25/12
    4:33 a.m.
    HV302309     		600 E. 88th St.
    Chatham     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Tyrell White, 51
    > Read more     		5/22/12
    10:30 p.m.
    HV298734     		200 N. Lorel Ave.
    Austin     		Gunshot
    Vehicle
    Rashard Wilson, 30
    > Read more     		5/22/12
    3:50 p.m.
    HV298101     		7000 S. Perry Ave.
    Greater Grand Crossing     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Kenneth Reaves, 30
    > Read more     		5/22/12
    1:40 a.m.
    HV297328     		11600 S. Hale Ave.
    Morgan Park     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Estaban Alvarez, 27
    > Read more     		5/21/12
    12:40 a.m.
    HV295764     		2200 S. Leavitt St.
    Lower West Side     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Alejandro Munoz, 26
    > Read more     		5/21/12
    12:40 a.m.
    HV295764     		2200 S. Leavitt St.
    Lower West Side     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Joseph Owens, 24
    > Read more     		5/20/12
    9:20 p.m.
    HV295504     		7900 S. Troy St.
    Ashburn     		Gunshot
    Residential Yard
    Dwayne Billingsley, 35
    > Read more     		5/20/12
    12:09 a.m.
    HV294343     		10100 S. Michigan Ave.
    Roseland     		Gunshot
    Residential Yard
    Nazia Banks, 12
    > Read more     		5/19/12
    10 p.m.
    HV294258     		8000 S. Brandon Ave.
    South Chicago     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Melvin Jacobs, 23
    > Read more     		5/19/12
    2:25 a.m.
    HV293107     		11600 S. Peoria St.
    West Pullman     		Gunshot
    Street
    Alejandro Jaime, 14
    > Read more     		5/18/12
    8:56 p.m.
    HV292797     		2600 W. 37th Pl.
    Brighton Park     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    David Brown, 47
    > Read more     		5/18/12
    6 a.m.
    HV291701     		7800 S. Greenwood Ave.
    Greater Grand Crossing     		Stabbing
    Residence
    Sidney McDowell, 22
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/17/12
    7:13 p.m.
    HV291152     		7900 S. Laflin St.
    Auburn Gresham     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Sergio Hernandez, 31
    > Read more     		5/15/12
    2:30 p.m.
    HV287606     		3000 E. 87th St.
    South Chicago     		Stabbing
    Sidewalk
    Larry McGee, 30
    > Read more     		5/14/12
    1:44 a.m.
    HV285267     		1300 S. Throop St.
    Near West Side     		Gunshot
    CHA apartment
    Marek Kaczmarczyk, 43
    > Read more     		5/13/12
    12:30 a.m.
    HV284070     		4500 N. Milwaukee Ave.
    Portage Park     		Suffocation
    Apartment
    Joshua Gonzalez, 36
    > Read more     		5/13/12
    12:13 a.m.
    HV284017     		1600 N. Mozart St.
    West Town     		Gunshot
    Other
    Sean Martin, 43
    > Read more     		5/12/12
    7:29 a.m.
    HV282889     		6200 S. Rhodes Ave.
    Woodlawn     		Gunshot
    Alley
    James Tatum, 51
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/12/12
    2:20 a.m.
    HV282664     		5400 W. Cortez St.
    Austin     		Assault
    Apartment
    Lekiah White, 28
    > Read more     		5/12/12
    1:30 a.m.
    HV282948     		6400 S. Maryland Ave.
    Woodlawn     		Gunshot
    Apartment
    Leon Poe, 28
    > Read more     		5/11/12
    11:59 p.m.
    HV282560     		3500 W. 83rd Pl.
    Ashburn     		Gunshot
    Alley
    Christopher Reeves, 21
    > Read more     		5/11/12
    11 p.m.
    HV282459     		1600 W. 79th St.
    Auburn Gresham     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Felix Lares, 24
    > Read more     		5/11/12
    8:49 p.m.
    HV282343     		2700 S. Homan Ave.
    South Lawndale     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    William Herron-Junius, 20
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/10/12
    4:47 p.m.
    HV280450     		5300 S. Hoyne Ave.
    New City     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Lamont Matticx, 20
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/10/12
    4:47 p.m.
    HV280450     		5300 S. Hoyne Ave.
    New City     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Travis Perkins, 24
    > Read more     		5/9/12
    1:10 p.m.
    HV278636     		1 W. 108th Pl.
    Roseland     		Gunshot
    Porch/hallway
    Max Vallejo, 26
    > Read more     		5/9/12
    3:37 a.m.
    HV278034     		3600 N. Ashland Ave.
    Lake View     		Gunshot
    Gas station
    Akeem Morris, 22
    > Read more     		5/8/12
    6:39 p.m.
    HV277521     		4000 W. West End Ave.
    West Garfield Park     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Racshell Harris, 23
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/8/12
    4:35 p.m.
    HV277350     		4600 S. Lake Park Ave.
    Kenwood     		Stabbing
    Porch/hallway
    Henry Howard, 51
    > Read more     		5/7/12
    1:59 p.m.
    HV275470     		900 E. 104th St.
    Pullman     		Stabbing
    Apartment
    Devon Paramore, 33
    > Read more     		5/6/12
    1:26 a.m.
    HV273455     		1300 W. 13th St.
    Near West Side     		Gunshot
    Street
    Denise Ayers, 44
    > Read more     		5/5/12
    7:07 a.m.
    HV272275     		5600 N. Broadway
    Edgewater     		Strangling
    Alley
    Lennie Brownlee, 58
    > Read more     		5/4/12
    10:25 p.m.
    HV271994     		4200 W. Cermak Rd.
    North Lawndale     		Stabbing
    Apartment
    Donnel Rankin, 16
    > Read more     		5/4/12
    9:16 p.m.
    HV271805     		12100 S. Green St.
    West Pullman     		Gunshot
    Residential Yard
    Wardrick Watts, 26
    > Read more     		5/3/12
    5:05 p.m.
    HV269776     		9000 S. Racine Ave.
    Washington Heights     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    DeJuan Dennis, 20
    > Read more     		5/3/12
    5:05 p.m.
    HV269776     		9000 S. Racine Ave.
    Washington Heights     		Gunshot
    Sidewalk
    Christopher Cooper, 25
    > Read more     		5/3/12
    5:13 a.m.
    HV268920     		3500 S. Parnell Ave.
    Bridgeport     		Gunshot
    Alley
    Maurice Matthews, 29
    > Read more
    > Follow-up coverage     		5/2/12
    11:52 p.m.
    HV268755     		1700 N. Monitor Ave.
    Austin     		Gunshot
    Alley

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