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Deon Alberto Nelson

Case from Chicago, IL dated Aug 05, 2019

Victim Details

Deon Alberto Nelson

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2019-08-05

21

Deon

Alberto Nelson

07/11/2026

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Black male Deon Alberto Nelson, age 21, was shot on the night of August 4, 2019, in Chicago's Austin neighborhood and died shortly afterward.
Around 10:13 p.m., he sat in a parked car at a gas station in the 5600 block of West Bloomingdale Avenue with a 21-year-old woman when two men walked up and opened fire, striking him multiple times; the woman was grazed in the arm and leg.
Deon was rushed to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead about two hours later.
An autopsy found he died of ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: No bail for pair charged with gunning down man in Austin last summer
  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man killed, woman wounded in shooting at Austin gas station
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