gun violence
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Man Charged With Murder in Slaying of Chicago Judge
A Chicago man is facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a Cook County judge earlier this week. Joshua Smith, 37, who was arrested after going to a police station to be questioned, was also charged with attempted first-degree murder and obstruction, CNN reports. Associate Circuit Court Judge Raymond Myles, 66,…
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Chicago Judge Shot, Killed Outside Home
An early-Monday-morning shooting in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood left a 66-year-old judge dead and a 52-year-old woman wounded. The gunman is still on the loose. According to DNAinfo Chicago, Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles was killed just before 5 a.m. outside his home. The news site reports that investigators believe that the killing may have…
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19-Year-Old Charged in Quadruple Homicide at Chicago Restaurant
Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old who is facing murder charges in the suspected gang-related killings of four men at a South Side restaurant. Maurice Harris, arrested Tuesday, faces four counts of first-degree murder in the March 30 killings. Police say that Harris’ father died in another shooting a day earlier in the same neighborhood, the…
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Chicago Mom Devastated After Seeing Her 2 Sons Gunned Down at Restaurant Where She Worked
A Chicago mother was one of the witnesses who saw a man approach the South Side restaurant where she works Thursday and open fire, killing her two sons and two other men. According to the Chicago Tribune, two young men lay dead inside the restaurant, while another was found dead outside, and the fourth was…
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College Freshman on Spring Break Shot and Killed in DC
A college freshman who had returned to her family home in Washington, D.C., for spring break was fatally shot Monday night in Northeast D.C. Ayana J. McAllister, 19, was pursuing her studies in criminal justice at St. Augustine’s University in North Carolina. According to the Washington Post, McAllister and another woman were both shot in…
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Chicago Man Who Had Murder Charges Dismissed Is Killed While Leaving Jail
A Chicago man who had been facing murder charges that were dismissed after prosecutors failed to give him a speedy trial was gunned down as he was being driven away from Cook County (Ill.) Jail earlier this week. According to CBS News, Kamari Belmont was facing charges for the May 2015 shooting of 40-year-old Sorrell…
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The Distraction Of Racism And The Bipartisan Roots Of Chicago's Black Suffering
There’s a Toni Morrison quote I used to bristle at: “The function of racism is distraction.” I had never read the full context of this quote and initially, I thought this was another attempt to dismiss racism as a primary societal ill deserving of discussion, while prompting us to start paying attention to the “real”…
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Adam Purinton, Suspect in Kan. Bar Shooting, Allegedly Screamed ‘Get Out of My Country’
The suspect in a Wednesday-night triple shooting that left one person dead has been identified as 51-year-old Adam Purinton of Olathe, Kan. Purinton allegedly told a bartender in Clinton, Mo., that he had killed two Middle Eastern men before he was arrested about five hours after the shooting, authorities said. According to the Kansas City…
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Kanari Gentry-Bowers, 12, Dies From Injuries Suffered in Chicago Weekend Shooting
Kanari Gentry-Bowers became the third child victim to die from injuries suffered in a Chicago shooting over the past two days. Kanari died Wednesday afternoon, just a day after 11-year-old Takiya Holmes, another victim of a weekend shooting in Chicago, died. Kanari was shot in the back while playing basketball with friends at Henderson Elementary…