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Tracking homicides in Chicago

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Showing 2 homicides since Jan. 1, 2007.

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Samuel Washington, 49
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1/24/11
12:19 p.m.
HT133119
11300 S. Laflin St.
Morgan Park
Trauma
Abandoned Building
Name Unknown, Unknown
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12/7/10
7:35 a.m.
HS649337
10400 S. Michigan Ave.
Roseland
Assault
Abandoned Building

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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.

dataSteal the data that drives this application

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.