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Krista Wortendyke

: Quintin Sharp, 25 On May 31st at about 8:15 a.m. at 6500 South Martin Luther King Drive, a guard with Digby Security intervened in a domestic dispute over custody of Quintin Sharp's 6-year-old son in the gated parking lot of a subsidized housing complex. Quintin was fleeing with the child in a Buick sedan when he drove toward the on-duty guard, attempting to run him over. The guard, a man in his 40s, fired multiple shots at Quintin, the driver, who crashed the vehicle after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. at Christ Medical Center.

: Christopher Walton, 30 Walton was shot while sitting in his vehicle in the Little Village neighborhood on the 1st of June. He was found at 10:33 p.m. at 2215 West 28th Street in the driver's seat of his vehicle with gunshot wounds to his head. He was pronounced dead at 11:17 p.m. at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

: Jeremy Baggett, 15 On June 2nd, Baggett and a friend were at 4200 West Thomas Street near Piccolo Elementary Specialty School in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood at about 9:30 p.m. when it started to rain. He and his friend scambled to their bikes to ride home when a black van came up and two people inside began yelling before shots rang out. Jeremy fell off his bike and collapsed on the sidewalk. He was shot once in the head, once in the neck, and three times in the chest. He was dead before the ambulance pulled up. He was a sophomore at Orr Academy High School.

: Patricia Clark, 51 Patricia Clark was shot at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday June 3rd inside a home at 9320 South Ridgeland Avenue. She was playing cards at the residence when an argument flared between her and a female friend. The friend went into a back bedroom, grabbed a gun, and shot Patricia multiple times. She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. She succumbed to her injuries at 8:41 p.m. on Saturday the 5th of June.

: Jeffery Pinkerton, 27 & Patrick Evans, 28 On July 8th, police received a call about shots fired at the M and K Grocery at 3649 West Ohio Street at about 6:28 p.m. A man wearing a ski mask and all black clothing walked into the East Garfield Park neighborhood grocery store and shot Jeffery Pinkerton and Patrick Evans to death. Neighbors said the two men who were killed might have been playing pool in the back of the store. Neighborhood residents said that both victims were known drug dealers. Police said both were members of the Conservative Vice Lords.

: Brandon Brown, 25 Brandon Brown died five days after he was shot at a White Castle drive-thru at 1558 West Garfield Boulevard in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. In the early morning hours on June 10th. Brandon was a passenger in a car waiting in the drive-thru line when a suspect, described as in his 20s, walked up to the passenger side where he was sitting and shot him at close range. Brandon got into another vehicle and was taken to Provident Hospital of Cook County. He was later taken to Stroger where he died from his injuries at 1 a.m. on June 15th. Police idenitified Brandon as a gang member.

: Xiaohong Song, 50 At 1:43 a.m. on July 3rd, Xiaohong Song got off the bus following a trip to a casino boat and was approached by two male suspects in the Chinatown neighborhood. They grabbed him from behind in an attempt to rob him causing him to fall and hit his head on the sidewalk in front of 230 West 23rd Street. An autopsy showed that he was strangled death.

: Carl Roberson, 23 Carl Roberson was on the sidewalk when he was shot in the abdomen on July 4th by a man who exited a white vehicle at about 7:57 a.m. at 5433 West Chicago Avenue in the Austin neighborhood. He was pronounced dead at 10:32 a.m. at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

: Marshal Reed, 21 At midnight on July 6th, Marshall Reed and another man were shot while they were sitting in their vehicle in front of 11647 South Racine Avenue. Someone in a dark Cadillac pulled up, shot at them, and fled. Both men were taken to Advocate Christ. Marshal was pronounced dead at 2:31 a.m.

: Detrick Garrett, 29 At about 1:26 a.m. on July July 7th, officers responded to the scene at 4531 North Clarendon Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood on Chicago's North Side and found Detrick Garrett shot several times. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m.

: Reggie Coles, 29 On July 17th, police responded to reports of a man who was shot in the face at 12:34 a.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Reggie Coles was in the playground behind Delano Elementary School, located at 3937 W. Wilcox Street, watching or playing basketball when gunshots were fired into the crowd. He was struck by a bullet and was pronounced dead at 1:11 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital.

: Emmanuel Leeks, 23 At about 12:45 a.m. on Saturday July 17th, Emmanuel Leeks and a 20-year-old woman were sitting in a vehicle at 2126 North Springfield Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood when someone fired several times into the car, striking him in the abdomen. The woman suffered a superficial wound. Emmanuel was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:11 p.m.

: 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.

: 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.

: Marhalla 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.

: Roger Kizer, 31 Roger Kizer was killed in a drive-by shooting that happened at about 11:30 p.m. on August 19th at 7450 South Kenwood Avenue in the Grand Crossing neighborhood. He was slain a house down from where he lived and was dead at the scene.

: 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.

: 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.

: 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.