505 Chicagoans Murdered in 2012; Including 108 Young People
In all, 505 (mostly Black and Latino) Chicagoans were murdered in 2012, including 108 young people.
The murder rate increased by a whopping 19%.
The awesome Black Star Project took the liberty of collecting the names of the 108 young people who tragically lost their lives to violence this year.
We too wish to honor these young lives taken from us far too soon:
NAME Age Date Community How Died
1) Devante Watts 19 12/30/2012 Roseland Gunshot 2) Junior Estudillo 19 12/30/2012 Irving Park Gunshot 3) Neriyah Beller 4 12/29/2012 North Lawndale Arson 4) Joshua Davis 18 12/25/2012 West Englewood Gunshot 5) Kentan Scott 15 12/20/2012 Austin Gunshot 6) Jeffrey Stewart 16 12/9/2012 Humboldt Park Gunshot 7) Porshe Foster 15 11/26/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 8) Christopher Jacobs 19 11/22/2012 New City Gunshot 9) Name Unknown 19 11/21/2012 New City Gunshot 10) Emilio Palomo 16 11/18/2012 New City Gunshot 11) Sergio Oliva 15 11/15/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 12) Taylor Fitting 16 11/12/2012 Roseland Gunshot 13) Darrell Austin 19 11/9/2012 Calumet Heights Gunshot 14) Rodney Stewart 17 11/8/2012 Ashburn Gunshot 15) Travis Henry 19 11/3/2012 Englewood Gunshot 16) Tre Henry 19 11/1/2012 Washington Park Gunshot 17) Devin Harris 19 10/31/2012 Austin Gunshot 18) Earl Cunningham 18 10/30/2012 West Pullman Gunshot 19) Patrick Robinson 18 10/30/2012 Roseland Gunshot 20) Terrance Johnson 17 10/20/2012 Rogers Park Gunshot 21) Terrance Wright 18 10/19/2012 South Deering Gunshot 22) Jamiere Brown 18 10/14/2012 Washington Park Gunshot 23) Modell McCambry 17 10/13/2012 Woodlawn Gunshot 24) Jonathan Williams 17 10/8/2012 South Shore Gunshot 25) Derrick Davis 17 9/28/2012 Calumet Heights Gunshot 26) Francisco Merino 19 9/27/2012 Lower West Side Gunshot 27) Dejuan Jackson 17 9/26/2012 Oakland Gunshot 28) Thaddeus Tucker 18 9/22/2012 West Pullman Gunshot 29) Muhammed Kebbeh 19 9/15/2012 Chatham Gunshot 30) Julia Duda 2mo. 9/15/2012 Belmont Cragin Child Abuse 31) Jesus Garcia 17 9/8/2012 Gage Park Gunshot 32) Joseph Coleman 18 9/4/2012 Greater Grand Crossing Gunshot 33) Jalen Strogner 17 8/31/2012 New City Gunshot 34) Aaron Gaithan 19 8/26/2012 Woodlawn Gunshot 35) Aaron Gaithan 18 8/25/2012 Greater Grand Crossing Gunshot 36) Jamal Clayton 19 8/24/2012 Greater Grand Crossing Gunshot 37) Lucian Dreux 17 8/24/2012 Greater Grand Crossing Gunshot 38) Alejandro Valdez 15 8/21/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 39) Jaime Ruvalcaba 15 8/21/2012 New City Gunshot 40) Alonzo Powell 18 8/18/2012 Austin Gunshot 41) Taylor Diorio 17 8/18/2012 McKinley Park Gunshot 42) Derrick Baker 18 8/18/2012 West Pullman Gunshot 43) Richard Johnson 18 8/17/2012 Austin Gunshot 44) Emonie Beasley-Brown 3wk. 8/15/2012 West Englewood Child Abuse 45) Anthony Brooms 19 8/14/2012 West Pullman Gunshot 46) Donata Gooden 19 8/12/2012 Austin Stabbing 47) Tony Dunn 19 8/8/2012 Woodlawn Gunshot 48) Sameer Barakat 19 8/5/2012 Albany Park Gunshot 49) Cornell Ferguson 16 8/2/2012 Humboldt Park Gunshot 50) Johnqualus Turner 16 8/2/2012 Humboldt Park Gunshot 51) Quincey Simmons 18 8/1/2012 Austin Gunshot 52) Iyonna Davis 1 7/28/2012 Roseland Trauma 53) Douglas Bufford 16 7/25/2012 South Shore Gunshot 54) Aleixi Johnson 17 7/23/2012 South Deering Gunshot 55) Akil Partee 19 7/21/2012 Austin Gunshot 56) Jamauri Askew 16 7/19/2012 Auburn Gresham Gunshot 57) Nathaniel Gonzalez 16 7/19/2012 West Englewood Gunshot 58) Martin Tejeda 16 7/12/2012 Gage Park Gunshot 59) Zachary Berrios 18 7/6/2012 Pullman Gunshot 60) Ricardo Alcantara 18 7/5/2012 Archer Heights Gunshot 61) Adeniyi Adesida 18 7/5/2012 Austin Gunshot 62) Demetrius Tribett 19 7/2/2012 Greater Grand Crossing Gunshot 63) Myrion Currie 19 7/1/2012 West Garfield Park Gunshot 64) William Cook 19 6/30/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 65) Lenard Trust 17 6/30/2012 Kenwood Gunshot 66) Heaven Sutton 7 6/27/2012 Austin Gunshot 67) Tyquan Tyler 13 6/24/2012 Woodlawn Gunshot 68) Antonio Davis 14 6/22/2012 Englewood Gunshot 69) Henry Soyege 19 6/18/2012 Uptown Gunshot 70) Shakaki Asphy 16 6/16/2012 West Englewood Gunshot 71) Romelo Golden 17 6/13/2012 South Chicago Gunshot 72) Joseph Briggs 16 6/9/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 73) Jamal Lockett 16 6/2/2012 South Shore Gunshot 74) Ivan Alanis 13 5/29/2012 Uptown Gunshot 75) Marley Collins 19 5/28/2012 North Lawndale Gunshot 76) Jaleel Beasley 19 5/27/2012 Near West Side Gunshot 77) Jaylin Johnson 18 5/26/2012 Roseland Gunshot 78) Jeffrey Triplett 17 5/26/2012 North Lawndale Gunshot 79) Nazia Banks 12 5/19/2012 South Chicago Gunshot 80) Alejandro Jamie 14 5/18/2012 Brighton Park Gunshot 81) Donald Rankin 16 5/4/2012 West Pullman Gunshot 82) Armaney Cotton 2 4/14/2012 Englewood Child Abuse 83) Roberto Luna 13 4/7/2012 Brighton Park Gunshot 84) Jalen Armstrong 18 4/6/2012 Chatham Gunshot 85) Brandon Miles 19 4/5/2012 Austin Gunshot 86) Cedric Bell 16 3/26/2012 West Englewood Gunshot 87) Aliyah Shell 6 3/17/2012 South Lawndale Gunshot 88) Anthony Scott 19 3/16/2012 West Ridge Gunshot 89) Johnny Vargas 19 3/15/2012 South Lawndale Gunshot 90) Gustavo Reyes 19 3/14/2012 West Lawn Gunshot 91) Joshua Williams 16 3/8/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 92) Chris Wormely 17 3/1/2012 South Deering Stabbing 93) Albert Guyton 15 2/28/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 94) George Howard 15 2/27/2012 Washington Park Gunshot 95) Damion Rolle 14 2/21/2012 Greater Grand Crossing Gunshot 96) Jamal Harris 19 2/19/2012 South Shore Gunshot 97) Edgar Delgado 17 2/18/2012 Avondale Gunshot 98) Deshun Winfert 15 2/5/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 99) Anton Sanders 15 1/20/2012 Rogers Park Gunshot 100) Devonte Pippen 18 1/19/2012 Chicago Lawn Gunshot 101) Kurtis Stanton 19 1/17/2012 Washington Heights Gunshot 102) Omar Vargas 17 1/14/2012 Mckinley Park Auto Crash 103) Cory Campbell 18 1/10/2012 Auburn Gresham Gunshot 104) Christian Peggs 18 1/8/2012 Greater Grand Crossing Gunshot 105) Valentin Bahena 17 1/8/2012 Belmont Cragin Gunshot 106) Mark Watts 15 1/4/2012 West Englewood Gunshot 107) Nicholas Camacho 19 1/2/2012 Albany Park Gunshot 108) Christina Thomas 6mo. 1/2/2012 Englewood Child Abuse
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