Tracking homicides in Chicago
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Showing 29 homicides since Jan. 1, 2007.
| Name, age + story |
Date, time + case number |
Block
+ Community area |
Cause + Locale |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Julius Campbell,
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4/12/13
|
6700 S. Kedzie Ave.
Chicago Lawn |
Stabbing
Park property |
|
Hadiya Pendleton,
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1/29/13
|
4500 S. Oakenwald Ave.
Kenwood |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Hector Cruz,
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10/6/12
|
4400 S. Marshfield Ave.
New City |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Janeen Hancock,
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7/23/12
|
2100 E. 96th St.
South Deering |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Alixi Johnson,
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7/23/12
|
2100 E. 96th St.
South Deering |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Ricky Hankins,
|
7/16/12
|
500 W. 72nd St.
Englewood |
Stabbing
Park property |
|
Demarcus Ervin,
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7/1/12
|
3100 W. Van Buren St.
East Garfield Park |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Name Unknown,
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11/10/11
|
1400 W. 84th St.
Auburn Gresham |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Tyrone Robertson,
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9/2/11
|
400 W. 72nd St.
Englewood |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Marvin Baker,
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8/25/11
|
4400 N. Clarendon Ave.
Uptown |
Assault
Park property |
|
Darius Brown,
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8/3/11
|
4200 S. State St.
Grand Boulevard |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Peter Jones,
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6/3/11
|
4200 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Oakland |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Aeyanuna Rogers,
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5/30/11
|
5700 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Hyde Park |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Leon Ordonez,
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5/23/10
|
5800 S. Russell Dr.
Washington Park |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Marcie Nichols,
|
8/16/09
|
4400 S. Leclaire Ave.
Garfield Ridge |
Strangling
Park property |
|
Milissa Williams,
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6/26/09
|
5100 W. Hirsch St.
Austin |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Mark Cooper,
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4/8/09
|
9300 S. Greenwood Ave.
Burnside |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Name Unknown,
|
10/9/08
|
3000 W. Mann Dr.
Chicago Lawn |
Park property |
|
Terrence Jones,
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8/31/08
|
1400 W. 109th St.
Morgan Park |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Paris Jackson,
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8/30/08
|
6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave.
Austin |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Roy Barber,
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8/25/08
|
7000 S. Dante Ave.
South Shore |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Marshaun Melchor,
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8/8/08
|
7100 S. King Dr.
Greater Grand Crossing |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Mario Lopez,
|
7/14/08
|
1800 S. Farrar Dr.
North Lawndale |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Kevin Brown,
|
4/5/08
|
3600 W. Lake St.
East Garfield Park |
Stabbing
Park property |
|
Du Doan,
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9/1/07
|
500 W. Montrose Dr.
Uptown |
Drowning
Park property |
|
Aaron Harrison,
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8/4/07
|
2800 E. 76th St.
South Shore |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Clint Washington,
|
7/31/07
|
1200 S. Albany Ave.
North Lawndale |
Gunshot
Park property |
|
Romon Wade,
|
7/31/07
|
500 W. 72nd St.
Englewood |
Assault
Park property |
|
Alfonso Garcia,
|
5/25/07
|
2100 W. 37th St.
Mckinley Park |
Strangling
Park property |
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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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- 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.
