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Vadarrion A. Knight

Case from Chicago, IL dated Feb 28, 2022

Victim Details

Vadarrion A. Knight

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2022-02-28

16

Vadarrion

A. Knight

07/04/2026

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On February 28, 2022, in downtown Chicago, a Black male, Vadarrion A. Knight, age 16, stepped off the Grand Avenue Red Line escalator just after 2 a.m. and into an ambush.
According to police, the teen was shot twice in the chest and once in the knee in the first block of East Grand; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooter ran off on foot, and detectives opened a homicide investigation.

Video reviewed by reporters and police sources showed the gunman pressed flat behind a p ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: 16-year-old boy killed by gunman who waited for him outside Red Line station in downtown Chicago, police say
  • 16-Year-Old Boy Shot And Killed On Near North Side
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