Tracking homicides in Chicago
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Showing 41 homicides in January 2012
| Name, age + story |
Date, time + case number |
Block
+ Community area |
Cause + Locale |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Antonia Berrios,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/24/12
|
2000 S. May St.
Lower West Side |
Strangling |
|
Robin Davis,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/24/12
|
5600 S. Perry Ave.
Washington Park |
Gunshot
Residence |
|
Deandre Alexander,
|
1/23/12
|
2000 W. 68th St.
West Englewood |
Gunshot
Sidewalk |
|
Untre Johnson,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/23/12
|
6400 S. Hermitage Ave.
West Englewood |
Stabbing
Apartment |
|
Jonathan Bell,
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1/23/12
|
7600 N. Sheridan Rd.
Rogers Park |
Gunshot
Street |
|
Dion Miller,
> Read more |
1/23/12
|
7600 N. Sheridan Rd.
Rogers Park |
Gunshot
Street |
|
Derrick Holliday,
> Read more |
1/22/12
|
7400 S. Merrill Ave.
South Shore |
Gunshot
Residential Yard |
|
Antonio Cobbins,
> Read more |
1/22/12
|
600 E. 90th Pl.
Chatham |
Gunshot
Sidewalk |
|
Linear Caballero,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/21/12
|
2400 W. Armitage Ave.
Logan Square |
Stabbing
Street |
|
Anton Sanders,
> Read more |
1/20/12
|
1800 W. Juneway Terrace
Rogers Park |
Gunshot
Alley |
|
Troy Cameron,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/20/12
|
300 W. Chicago Ave.
Near North Side |
Gunshot
Drug store |
|
Devonte Pippen,
> Read more |
1/19/12
|
7200 S. Western Ave.
Chicago Lawn |
Gunshot
Gas station |
|
Kurtis Stanton,
> Read more |
1/17/12
|
1500 W. 94th St.
Washington Heights |
Gunshot
Sidewalk |
|
Samuel Patterson,
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1/16/12
|
6300 S. Campbell Ave.
Chicago Lawn |
Gunshot
Sidewalk |
|
James Maca,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/15/12
|
4200 W. 63rd St.
West Lawn |
Arson
Apartment |
|
Jason Gatewood,
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1/14/12
|
1400 E. 76th St.
South Shore |
Gunshot
Street |
|
Artemio Silva,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/14/12
|
3700 S. Western Ave.
Mckinley Park |
Auto Crash
Street |
|
Omar Vargas,
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1/14/12
|
3700 S. Western Ave.
Mckinley Park |
Auto Crash
Street |
|
Ruben Colunga,
> Read more |
1/13/12
|
5800 S. Fairfield Ave.
Gage Park |
Gunshot
Sidewalk |
|
Brian Hawkins,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/11/12
|
600 W. Patterson Ave.
Lake View |
Stabbing
Apartment |
|
Cory Campbell,
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1/10/12
|
8400 S. Peoria St.
Auburn Gresham |
Gunshot
Sidewalk |
|
Vernon Cummings,
> Read more |
1/10/12
|
4900 W. Polk St.
Austin |
Gunshot
Street |
|
Pamela Valenzuela,
> Read more |
1/9/12
|
1900 S. Harding Ave.
North Lawndale |
Strangling |
|
Aaron Price,
> Read more |
1/9/12
|
5800 N. Kenmore Ave.
Edgewater |
Gunshot
Alley |
|
Shannon Walton,
> Read more |
1/9/12
|
5700 S. Sangamon St.
Englewood |
Gunshot
Sidewalk |
|
Juan Melendez,
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1/8/12
|
2300 S. Whipple St.
South Lawndale |
Gunshot
Alley |
|
Christian Peggs,
> Read more |
1/8/12
|
1 W. 69th St.
Greater Grand Crossing |
Gunshot
Street |
|
Valentin Bahena,
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1/8/12
|
2200 N. Lawler Ave.
Belmont Cragin |
Gunshot
Apartment |
|
Soraya Gibson,
> Read more |
1/7/12
|
5600 S. Justine St.
West Englewood |
Gunshot
Residential Yard |
|
Anthony Diaz,
> Read more |
1/7/12
|
4000 W. Melrose St.
Avondale |
Stabbing
Street |
|
Craigory Clark,
> Read more |
1/7/12
|
900 N. Waller Ave.
Austin |
Stabbing
Apartment |
|
Olufeimi Abdulai,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/6/12
|
4400 W. Monroe St.
West Garfield Park |
Gunshot
Street |
|
Lionel Lane,
> Read more |
1/5/12
|
4600 W. Monroe St.
Austin |
Gunshot
Other |
|
Mark Watts,
> Read more |
1/4/12
|
5700 S. Laflin St.
West Englewood |
Gunshot
Porch/hallway |
|
Kenneth Bowens,
> Read more |
1/3/12
|
2400 W. 71st St.
Chicago Lawn |
Gunshot
Street |
|
Richard Lengyel,
> Read more > Follow-up coverage |
1/3/12
|
1700 W. Albion Ave.
Rogers Park |
Assault
Apartment |
|
Marcus Tucker,
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1/3/12
|
1000 N. Pulaski Rd.
Humboldt Park |
Gunshot
Alley |
|
Christina Thomas,
> Read more |
1/2/12
|
700 W. 76th St.
Englewood |
Child Abuse |
|
Willie Cunnings Jr.,
> Read more |
1/2/12
|
2400 E. 78th St.
South Shore |
Gunshot
Sidewalk |
|
Nicholas Camacho,
> Read more |
1/2/12
|
3000 W. Lawrence Ave.
Albany Park |
Gunshot
Alley |
|
Carlos Martin,
> Read more |
1/1/12
|
10700 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
Pullman |
Stabbing
Driveway |
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