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Cortez Barber

Case from Chicago, IL dated May 19, 2022

Victim Details

Cortez Barber

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2022-05-19

17

Cortez

Barber

07/04/2026

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Cortez Barber, a 17-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on May 19, 2022, in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred around 3:40 p.m. when Cortez was in a vehicle on the 11700 block of South Wentworth Avenue. He suffered a gunshot wound to his body and was subsequently transported to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear, and no further details about the inciden ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: 2 killed, 7 wounded in downtown mass shooting among 14 shot across Chicago Thursday
  • WGN-TV: 17-year-old shot, killed in vehicle on Far South Side
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