George Esco, 57

On July 10th at about 8 p.m., George Esco was victim of battery on the sidewalk at 5345 West North Avenue. He was declared dead seven weeks later on August 28th at 12:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Hospital. Following an autopsy, the medical examiner's office determined his death was a homicide, and that he died of head injuries from blunt head trauma in an assault.

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Terrance Jackson, 34

Terrance Jackson was on the street at 4458 West Wilcox Street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood at about 1:10 a.m. when two male assailants approached and fired shots, striking him in the chest. He was taken in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:46 a.m.

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Jennifer Alvarado, 20s

Jennifer Alvarado was shot and killed while in a vehicle in the Southwest Side's Little Village neighborhood. Jennifer was a passenger in the front seat of the vehicle as it was headed west on West 24th Street about 5:30 p.m. on September 6th when another vehicle pulled up at about 2718 West 24th Street and fired shots.

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Theresa Russell, 23

Theresa Russell was found shot to death in the Englewood neighborhood on September 4th. Police officers found her at 6435 South Morgan Street about 2:50 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the back.

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Alonso Villarreal, 32 & Roberto Rivera, 30 & Noel Casares, 25 & Luis Santillian, 30

At about 8:30 p.m. on September 2nd, four men were found shot to death in the garage of 6128 South Kildare Avenue in Chicago's West Lawn neighborhood. They were found face down on the garage floor with their hands, feet and mouths bound with duct tape. All of them appeared to have been shot in the head. "Multiple weapons" were found at the scene. The motive for the slayings appear to be drug related.

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Jeremy Brooks, 17

The shooting that killed Jeremy Brooks happened about 2:15 p.m. on September 2nd in an alley at 743 East 78th Street in the Chatham neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. He shot several times by one of two people who confronted him. After he was shot, he staggered behind a church near 78th and Cottage Grove and was taken to Jackson Park Hospital by ambulance. Police turned out in force in the neighborhood, with a swarm of officers in the area with M4 rifles, because Jeremy was the younger brother of a top member of the Gangster Disciples and police feared a retaliation shooting.

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Johnnie Dyer, 38

Johnnie Dyer was standing outside 3017 West 5th Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood shortly before midnight on September 1st when someone approached and shot him several times. He was pronounced dead at 12:38 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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Jovanni Gudino, 24

Chicago police and paramedics responded about at 10 p.m. on Tuesday September 1st 6719 South Tripp Avenue where Jovanni Gudino was shot in the head in a vehicle outside his home in the West Lawn neighborhood. Jovanni was a passenger inside a vehicle when two male assailants approached and at least one shot him. He was pronounced dead at 3:12 p.m. the following day at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

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Marcus Marshall, 20 & Shawntell Harris, 21

Marcus Marshall and Shawntell Harris were killed when two men entered a South Side liquor store at 5701 South State Street and opened fire. Marcus was shot in the head and chest about 12:40 a.m. Shawntell was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to his head and succumbed to his injuries two days later.

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Paul Harris, 25

Police and paramedics responded shortly after 1:30 a.m. on August 31st to 1101 West Madison Street and found Paul Harris lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his torso. Police said Paul was shot across the street from a bar following an argument with an unknown assailant who took out a gun and shot him. They say that Paul had not been in the bar prior to the shooting. He was pronounced dead at 2:13 a.m. at Stroger Hospital.

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Anthony Carter, 18

On the night of August 31st, Anthony Carter was standing outside his West Garfield Park home at 4043 West Jackson Boulevard, waiting for his grandmother to return from a neighborhood store with snacks. As his grandmother approached with potato chips and pop, she heard the sound of eight or nine gunshots fired. Anthony was shot multiple times in the back. When police officers arrived at the scene they found him unresponsive.

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David Johnson, 31

On August 29th, David Johnson was found dead sitting in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to his head. The slaying happened shortly after 7 p.m. at 1542 West 51st Street in the city's Back of the Yards neighborhood. David was parked in a vehicle when someone approached, pulled out a gun and shot him. He was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. at Stroger Hospital.

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Adolfo Guijardo-Soria, 17

on August 28th at about 11:45 p.m. in Gage Park, Adolfo Guijardo-Soria, was standing outside during a block party at 5801 South Campbell Avenue when he was shot in the head. He was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3:50 a.m.

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Darrell McKinney, 15

Darrell McKinney was on a sidewalk at 956 North Harding Avenue at about 8:40 p.m. at a block party in the Humboldt Park neighborhood when he was hit by crossfire when suspect opened fire on another man during a foot chase. Darrell died a short time later. Police believe that Darrell was not the intended target.

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Wesley Taylor, 23

At about 6:30 p.m. on August 28th, Wesley Taylor and another man were at a block party in the West Garfield Park neighborhood when they were followed by several people into an alley and got into a fight. Wesley was found lying in the alley at 4411 West Wilcox Street with several gun shot wound. He was pronounced dead at the emergency room at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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Maria Martinez, 37

An autopsy showed that Maria Martinez, whose body was found burned in a West Side alley on Saturday morning August 28th, was beaten to death. Officials determined that she had been assaulted and ruled her death a homicide due to evidence of blunt head trauma. Maria's body was found when officers were called to 2847 West Washington Avenue at about 4:30 a.m. After being beaten, she was doused with a flammable substance and ignited.

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Edward Ramos, 24

At about 12:10 a.m. on August 28th, police responded to a call for a man with a gunshot wound to his chest at the man's home at 7023 West Grand Avenue in the Northwest Side Montclare neighborhood. Reports say that three males kicked in a side door to his house and then fired shots, hitting Edward Ramos in the chest. Edward was pronounced dead at 5:36 a.m. at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.

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Luis Perez, 18

On Wednesday, August 25th at about 4:40 p.m. police responded to 5702 South Sawyer Avenue in the Gage Park neighborhood, where they found Luis Perez with a gunshot wound to his right cheek. Reports indicate that Luis was standing on the street when a group approached in a car, shouted gang slogans and shot him. Luis had been taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center, but was pronounced dead on Friday at 4:10 a.m.

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Laverick Marshall, 29

At about 11:30 p.m. on August 25th, police officers responded to a call of a large crowd fighting at 6358 South Martin Luther King Drive in the Woodlawn neighborhood. When the crowd was cleared, Laverick Marshall was found shot in the back. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.

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Debra Haywood-Hughes, 44

Debra Haywood-Hughes was found stabbed to death on the morning of August 25th at 3:41 a.m. inside her residence at 7041 South Martin Luther King Drive on the South Side in the city's Park Manor neighborhood. Police said the stabbing was domestically related.

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