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Eugene Cooley

Case from Chicago, IL dated Apr 15, 2019

Victim Details

Eugene Cooley

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2019-04-15

25

Eugene

Cooley

07/25/2026

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Eugene Cooley, a 25-year-old African American man, was tragically shot to death on April 15, 2019, in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago, IL. Around 10:09 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired and found Cooley unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked in an alley in the 3400 block of West 61st Street. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the throat, face, back, and arms. Despite the immediate response, Cooley was pronounced dead at the ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man shot to death in Chicago Lawn
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