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Jalen Harris

Case from Chicago, IL dated Feb 16, 2021

Victim Details

Jalen Harris

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2021-02-16

19

Jalen

Harris

07/17/2026

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Jalen Harris, a 19-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on February 16, 2021, in a drive-by shooting in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Around 1 a.m., Jalen and a 20-year-old woman were driving in the 8300 block of South Damen Avenue when an unknown assailant in a passing SUV opened fire on their vehicle. Jalen was struck multiple times in the face and chest, while the woman sustained a gunshot wound to her leg. Despite being rushed to Christ Medical Ce ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man killed, woman wounded in Gresham shooting
  • WGN-TV: 2 people shot in Gresham: police
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