Tracking homicides in Chicago
Showing 6 homicides since Jan. 1, 2007.
| Name, age + story |
Date, time + case number |
Block
+ Community area |
Cause + Locale |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Larry McGee,
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5/14/12
|
1300 S. Throop St.
Near West Side |
Gunshot
CHA apartment |
|
Julius Goodman,
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2/5/11
|
2300 W. Jackson Blvd.
Near West Side |
Stabbing
CHA apartment |
|
Georgia Atkins,
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7/8/09
|
1300 W. 14th St.
Near West Side |
Assault
CHA apartment |
|
Alexander Barnes,
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12/23/07
|
100 S. Campbell Ave.
Near West Side |
Stabbing
CHA apartment |
|
Mario McKay,
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10/9/07
|
2700 N. Hoyne Ave.
Lincoln Park |
Gunshot
CHA apartment |
|
Angelo Brown,
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2/1/07
|
800 N. Cambridge Ave.
Near North Side |
Stabbing
CHA apartment |
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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- 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.

