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Ciera Jones

Case from Chicago, IL dated Jun 18, 2021

Victim Details

Ciera Jones

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2021-06-18

25

Ciera

Jones

07/27/2026

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Ciera Jones, a 25-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on June 18, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Ciera was traveling in a vehicle with a 29-year-old man and a child when someone in a burgundy Dodge Durango pulled up alongside them and opened fire. Ciera was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. The man, identified as Corey Gaines, suffered gunshot wounds to the back and hand, as ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Woman killed, man critically wounded in Ashburn shooting; child riding in car unharmed
  • WGN-TV: Woman shot to death, man critical on Southwest Side; child was in car
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