Olutosin Bajomo, 29

Olutosin Bajomo was shot in the head and killed near his home in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side on August 19th. Police and paramedics responded about 2:22 a.m. to the 1000 West Ardmore Avenue and found Olutosin at the mouth of the alley on the north side of Ardmore Avenue. Surveillance video from the area shows a man got out of a vehicle parked in the alley and approached Olutosin as he was walking east along Ardmore toward Sheridan Road. The man then shot him several times. He was pronounced dead at 2:57 a.m. at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston.

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Terrance Cooper, 28

Terrance Cooper had come out of a store with a friend in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, when an assailant approached and shot him multiple times. Officers found him on the street at 3300 West 63rd Street at about 10:30 p.m. on August 18th. He was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn at 11:55 p.m.

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Marshalla Johnson, 28

Marshalla Johnson was fatally shot in the head at her Near West Side residence in a CHA complex at 1000 West 14th Street on August 18th. She was found at about 11:15 a.m. Police took her husband into custody in connection with the slaying.

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Anthony Clemons, 44

Anthony Clemons was shot and killed on the morning of August 17th in the West Side's Lawndale neighborhood. The shooting happened about 8:25 a.m. at 4150 West Grenshaw Street. He was pronounced dead at 8:47 a.m. at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

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Angel Rebolledo, 29

Angel Rebolledo died and two others were wounded on August 17th in a shooting in the city's Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Shortly after midnight, officers responded to 2315 North Keeler Avenue and found three people with gunshot wounds. Reports said the victims were standing outside on the street when they were fired on. Angel was shot and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 1:02 a.m.

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Brian Daniel, 33

Brian Daniel was shot while he was standing on the sidewalk at 5101 West Monroe Street in the West Side's Austin neighborhood on August 16th. The shooting happened at about 4:45 p.m. Brian was playing cards when three male assailants approached and opened fire. Two other suspects fired shots at a group across the street from where Brian was standing, striking the him while he tired to run from the scene. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m. at Stroger Hospital. Police believe the shooting was gang-related.

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Alexander Mercado, 16

Alexander Mercado, another man, and a woman were all sitting in a parked car at 4130 North Albany Avenue in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood at about 1:45 a.m. when someone walked up and started a conversation with them. Soon after the suspect opened fire into the car. The woman switched places with one of the gunshot victims and drove to the 4000 block of North Whipple Street, where she called police. Alexander was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at 2:33 a.m.

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Johnny Taylor, 34

Officers were patrolling the area about 9:10 p.m. on August 15th when they heard gunfire. Soon after, police found Johnny Taylor shot on the sidewalk at 9046 South Commercial Avenue in the city's South Chicago neighborhood. He was pronounced dead at 10:08 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. A witness at the scene told police an unknown suspect, between the ages of 16 and 20, exited a dark-colored vehicle and shot Johnny. The gunman then jumped back into the vehicle and fled.

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Damien Turner, 18

At about 12:08 a.m. on August 15th, officers responded to a man shot at 6058 South Cottage Grove Avenue in the South Side's West Woodlawn neighborhood. They found shell casings on the sidewalk and Damien Turner shot in the back. He was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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Karen Salino, 52

Karen Salino went to her boyfriend, William Caponegri's apartment at 6726 North Glenwood Avenue late on Saturday August 15th, where the two got into an argument. Police responded about 12:30 a.m. Sunday to Caponegri's apartment after his roommate, who had returned home from watching a game, called police after finding Karen unresponsive. Police said she was found on a bed with contusions and scratches around her neck and a puncture wound to the arm. She was dead on the scene.

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Anthony Martinez, 22

At about 3 a.m. on August 14th, Anthony Martinez got into a dispute with the driver of a black Honda car at the CITGO gas station at 5901 South California Avenue in the Southwest Side's Gage Park neighborhood. The two traded gang slogans and accusations before the driver ran over the other man. He was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital just after 5:33 a.m.

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Mobolaji Osho, 64

An attacker was shooting at a group of teens gathered at 2020 East 71st Street in the South Shore neighborhood when Mobolaji Osho walked out of a sandwich shop and was shot in the torso just after 2 p.m. on August 13th. He was declared dead from gunshot wounds at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 2:44 p.m.

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Kimora Roberson, 1 & Kamari Roberson, 1

The Cook County medical examiner's office determined that the deaths of the twin Roberson girls were homicides. Kimora and Kimari died of "hyperthermia, environmental exposure and failure to thrive due to maternal neglect." Officials said they each weighed just 13 pounds. They were found unresponsive on the evening of August 12th in their home at 10649 South Wentworth Avenue. The police were called about 5:50 p.m. and they summoned paramedics. The children were taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where they were pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m.

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D'Angelo Jackson, 27

At about 4:38 a.m. on August 13th, D'Angelo Jackson was shot multiple times and killed on the sidewalk in front of 917 East 79th Street in the South Side's Grand Crossing neighborhood. He was declared dead at 5:20 a.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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Isaac Davis III, 38

A shooting in the West Side's East Garfield Park neighborhood on August 12th left Isaac Davis III dead. Police responded to shots fired at about 1:05 p.m. at 735 North Monticello Avenue. They found Isaac shot in the head on the street. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Krystal Rodney, 29

At about 3:10 p.m. on August 12th, Krystal Rodney and a man were fighting at her grandmother's house at 7019 South Justine Street in the Englewood neighborhood. The incident is thought to have been a domestic-related argument. The man went to a vehicle, got a handgun and shot her in the neck. He then fled in the vehicle. Police were able to stop the gunman through a vehicle description. Krystal was pronounced dead at 3:31 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

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Phillip Baldwin, 27

At 8:51 p.m. on August 12th, Phillip Baldwin was found fatally beaten in the trunk of a vehicle in the alley at 11115 South Edbrooke Avenue in the Far South Side's Roseland neighborhood with "blunt trauma to the body and head." The body was found in the trunk of a car. An autopsy revealed that he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

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Demetrius Pitts, 30

Demetrius Pitts was shot in the chest at about 9:23 p.m. on August 10th at 305 South Kildare Avenue. He was pronounced dead at 11:50 p.m. at Stroger Hospital.

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Tanaja Stokes, 8

Tanaja Stokes and her cousin were palying jump rope on August 10th when two people rode up on bikes and opened fire in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. Tanaja was shot in the head and died within an hour. The girls' grandfather, Robert Wise, said he was in front of the family home at 10716 South Indiana Avenue when he saw two guys roll up on bicycles at about 8 p.m. Wise said he and a second cousin of the girls ran to protect them, but it was too late. Officials are investigating whether a fight about 20 minutes earlier might have led to the shooting. The fight involved three teens -- two girls and a boy. A group of about 20 teens surrounded the fighting youths, screaming, holding back the boys, calling each other names. Once the teens stopped fighting, six girls including the one who fought left the scene in a white four-door car. About 10 minutes later, six gunshots rang out to the south on Indiana.

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Parnell Shumate, 37

Parnell Shumate was shot and killed at about 4:40 p.m. on August 10th in a parking lot in the alley behind 1209 South Pulaski Road in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 5:08 p.m. at Stroger Hospital.

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James Gardner, 30

James Gardner, who was shot in the early morning of August 9th in the city's Austin neighborhood on the West Side, died at 6:21 p.m. the same day at Stroger Hospital. He and another man were shot about 12:22 a.m. at 522 North Leamington Avenue. The two were inside a vehicle when two or possibly three suspects got out of another vehicle and approached the men. At least one of the suspects fired several shots in their direction. The victims tried to drive away after they were shot but their car crashed into a parked car. The suspects then fled.

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Jonathan Jackson, 5

On August 9th, Jonathan Jackson and his twin brother had just been given their baths and were playing in their room, about to settle down for the night before their first day in kindergarten when a shot rang out. Jonathan's brother ran from the room in his pajamas, followed by Jonathan, who was crawling and bleeding from his abdomen. He was rushed by ambulance from his two-flat at 706 South California Avenue to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m. from a gunshot wound. The boys, who were nearly identical and inseparable, had been playing when they found the gun. The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide, meaning that Jonathan's death was caused by someone besides himself. The ruling is not an indication of criminality or intent.

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Tito Lindsey, 17

On August 9th, Tito Lindsey was shot and killed on the sidewalk near his home in the Far South Side's Fernwood neighborhood. He was shot in the back about 7:10 a.m. at 10200 South Wentworth Avenue and was pronounced dead at 7:40 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

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Troy Brown, 15

Troy Brown was killed and another girl was wounded in a shooting on August 8th at 4923 West Iowa Street in the West Side's Austin community. The shooting happened about 2 p.m. He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital.

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David Buckner, 47

David Buckner was killed and three other victims were wounded in a shooting in Ada Park at 1331 West 112th Place on the Far South Side on August 7th. At about 7:30 p.m., two rival gangs began firing at each other. David, who got caught in the crossfire, was fatally shot in his back. He was dead on the scene. Additionally, a 37-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his leg, a 19-year-old man got a graze wound to his neck and a 22-year-old woman was shot in her thigh. They were taken to local hospitals and were all treated and released.

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Marshall Bennett, 21

At about 12:47 a.m. on August 7th, Marshall Bennett was walking on the street at 5546 South Union Avenue in the South Side's Englewood neighborhood when he was shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at 1:39 a.m. at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital.

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Cesar Rosales, 41

At 5:37 p.m. on August 6th, police responded to a person shot at 1345 North Pulaski Road in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Two people had been arguing in a parking lot at a car wash at that location about a half hour earlier when one left and returned with a gun. Cesar Rosales, who was fatally shot was an employee at the car wash. He was shot in the chest and taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he later died.

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Dionte Young, 24

At about 6:40 p.m. on August 5th, Dionte Young was walking in front of 8829 South Hermitage Avenue on the South Side, just a few houses down from where he lived, when he was approached from behind by an unknown gunman and shot in the back of the neck. He suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:01 p.m.

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Tufan Muhammed, 25

At 12:05 a.m. on August 6th, Tufan Muhammed was fatally shot in the street while running from his attackerat 7830 South Cornell Avenue on the Far South Side. He was chased in an alley by another man believed to be 20 to 25 years old. The suspect fled in a vehicle south on Cornell in what may have been a white Chevrolet Lumis. Tufan suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was pronounced dead at 1:10 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

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Steven Bell, 25

Police responded to 7417 South Kingston Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood a little after 5 p.m. on the afternoon of August 4th where they found Steven Bell shot in the head. He was pronounced dead from his injuries the following day at 5:52 p.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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James Evans, 70

James Evans was found stabbed to death this morning inside a residence of at 7032 South Hermitage Avenue in the South Side's West Englewood neighborhood. The body was found about 11 a.m. A homicide investigation was under way since his body was found with multiple stab wounds.

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Andre Williams, 31

Andre Wiliams was found shot to death late in the afternoon on August 2nd in the Englewood neighborhood on the city's South Side. Police were notified just before 6 p.m. that he had been discovered under a viaduct at 545 West 70th Street. Neighbors near the shooting scene said they heard as many as 19 gunshots. Several men, including Andre, were hanging out under a viaduct near the intersection trying to take refuge from the heat when a vehicle rolled up and someone inside it opened fire. Andre was the only person struck by gunfire. He suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Samuel Coleman, 20

On August 1st, police were called to 12427 South Eggleston Avenue in the Far South Side's West Pullman neighborhood at about 12:30 p.m. where Samuel Coleman had been shot in the neck and killed.

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Michael Chatman, 22 & Reginald Riley, 22

Michael Chatman and Reginald Riley were killed and two others wounded early on the morning of August 1st in a drive-by shooting in the South Side's Stony Island Park neighborhood. At 2:39 a.m., four men, all in their 20s, were near a party 8434 South Euclid Avenue. One man was at the party, two were coming to the party by car and a fourth man was standing in the street talking with his girlfriend when a dark car drove past and shots rang out. Michael was shot in the neck and later pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Reginald was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at Norwegian-American Hospital. The two others that were wounded were in stable condition.

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Aniya Crockett, 2

Aniya Crockett, of 6816 South Wood Street, was found unresponsive while in the care of a relative who called the paramedics in her South Side home. An autopsy said that she died from multiple blunt force trauma resulting from child abuse. She was pronounced dead at Holy Cross Hospital at about noon on July 31st.

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Miguel Vasquez, 21

At about 11:55 p.m. on July 30th, two men were shot, one fatally, at 4928 West School Street. They were sitting on a porch when they began to argue with a suspect. The suspect fired shots at them before fleeing through a gangway into a vehicle in the alley. Miguel Vasquez, a resident of the School Street address, was pronounced dead at 12:53 a.m. at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

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Jeremy Johnson, 23

On July 30th at about 4:45 p.m., police responded to calls of a person with head injuries down in the alley behind 4654 West Superior Street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. They found Jeremy Johnson dead. He had been shot multiple times and was dead on the scene.

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Louis Wilson, 26

Louis Wilson was shot in the armpit and killed in an alley at 11717 South Peoria Avenue just after 4 p.m. on July 30th in the West Pullman neighborhood. After being shot, he walked out of the alley toward the street, where he collapsed. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center and pronounced dead at 4:44 p.m.

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Aaron Carter, 21

Aaron Carter died from his injuries after a shooting on July 28th at 4518 North Magnolia Avenue in the North Side's Uptown neighborhood. He and a friend were involved in an argument with other men who fired at them from a vehicle. Police said Aaron was shot in the chest at about 4:40 p.m. He was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. on July 29th at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

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Robert Freeman, 13

Robert Freeman died on July 28th after being shot multiple times while riding his bicycle in the street in the West Pullman neighborhood. The boy at 11551 South Perry Avenue when someone fired shots from a gangway at about 8:18 p.m. A neighbor said he saw a masked gunman stand over Robert and continue firing into the boy's body. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition but was pronounced dead at 10:09 p.m.

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Alan Penny, 61

Alan Penny was doused in gasoline and lit on fire in his home on July 2, allegedly by his girlfriend, after the two had an argument. He succumbed to his injuries on July 24th after suffering burns over sixty-five percent of his body. He was pronounced dead at 5:09 p.m. at Stroger Hospital. His girlfriend, Sherry Ann Hartison, was arrested shortly after the incident at the apartment that they shared at 3125 West Washington Boulevard.

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Keith King, 20

At 1:54 a.m. on July 24th, Keith King was found on the sidewalk at 8720 South Emerald Avenue in the Far South Side’s Gresham neighborhood with a gunshot wound to his head. He was pronounced dead at 2:31 a.m. at Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers.

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Raymon Sanchez, 31

The death of Raymon Sanchez, whose body found after firefighters extinguished a garage fire in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, has been ruled a homicide. Firefighters arrived at 6155 South Richmond Street at about 6:25 a.m. on July 23rd and found the garage engulfed in flames. Raymon's death was caused by blunt head trauma in an assault that resulted before the fire.

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Kirklinn Fowlkes, 19

On July 23rd, Kirklinn Fowlkes and two others were sitting on a porch at 2939 West 81st Street in the Southwest Side's Wrightwood neighborhood. They got into an argument with another group of people. Kirklinn was shot in the back, another person suffered a graze wound, and the third broke their wrist jumping from the porch to escape the melee. The shooting happened about 11:30 a.m. Kirklinn was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 12:19 p.m. Cook County court records show he was charged in June with felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a case that was still pending in court when he died.

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Dwight Miller, 27

Dwight Miller received a call at about 10:10 p.m. on July 22nd asking him to step outside his house to meet someone on his porch at 7807 South Union Avenue in the Far South Side’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood. When he stepped outside, he was shot several times in the face. He was found dead on the scene.

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Kevin Banks, 26

Two people were shot at about 11:40 p.m. on July 21st in the front yard of 8151 South Winchester Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. One of the men, Kevin Banks, was found unresponsive on the scene with a gunshot wound to his head.

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Terrance Dishman, 19

At about 9 pm on July 19th, two people were reported shot at 5130 South May Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. One of the victims, Terrance Dishman, was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. at Stroger Hospital from a gunshot wound to the back. 


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Jaymeon Wyatt, 1

On July 17th, Jaymeon Wyatt, just 21-months-old, was taken to a local hospital with multiple injuries consistent with a beating. He was pronounced dead the following afternoon at 1:05 p.m. at the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital. After an autopsy, it was found that the boy died of cranial cerebral injuries and blunt head trauma resulting from abuse. His death was ruled a homicide. The boy lived at 115 East 49th Street.

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Harvey Space, 35

Harvey Space, who was on parole, was shot to death as he sat in his car in front of 4845 West Van Buren Street near his West Side home on July 18th. It was about 9:15 a.m. when someone pulled up nearby in a four-door brown car, got out, and shot at him several times through the front windshield of his car. The attacker got back into the car and it drove off. Harvey was taken to Stroger Hospital and declared dead at 10 a.m. from multiple gunshot wounds. According to the corrections department, he had scars from previous gunshot wounds.

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Michael R. Bailey, 62

On the morning of July 18th, Michael Bailey, a police officer, was coming home from an overnight shift guarding Mayor Richard Daley's home when as many as three men approached him while cleaning his brand new Buick that was parked outside of 7421 South Evans Avenue. Bailey announced he was an officer. There was an exchange of gunfire between him and at least one of the men. He was shot a little after 6 a.m. The officer's son, who was home at the time, grabbed one of his father's guns and ran outside after he saw his father on the ground. It was unclear if the son fired any shots at the attackers. Officer Bailey was pronounced dead at 6:41 a.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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