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Tamara E. Oneal

Case from Chicago, IL dated Nov 19, 2018

Victim Details

Tamara E. Oneal

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2018-11-19

38

Tamara

E. Oneal

07/28/2026

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Dr. Tamara E. O'Neal, a 38-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on November 19, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. She was an emergency room doctor at Mercy Hospital, where she was fatally shot by her former fiancé, Juan Lopez, in the hospital parking lot. The incident began when O'Neal and Lopez had an argument in the parking lot, which escalated when Lopez pulled out a gun and shot her multiple times.

O'Neal managed to call 911 before collapsing, alerting authorities to ...
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  • Mercy Hospital shooting - Wikipedia
  • Chicago Sun-Times: 'This tears at the soul of our city'
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