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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