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Dylan Zavala

Case from Chicago, IL dated Aug 10, 2018

Victim Details

Dylan Zavala

Male

White / Caucasian

Chicago

IL

2018-08-10

18

Dylan

Zavala

07/09/2026

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Dylan Zavala, 18, male, was discovered on the morning of August 10, 2018, in an alley off the 2900 block of West Pershing Road in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. He had been shot in the head around 8:10 a.m., and first responders took him to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officials said he lived in the Douglas Park neighborhood.

That day unfolded amid a surge of citywide shootings. Coverage at the time placed his killing within a violent stretch that drew inten ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man found with fatal gunshot wound in Brighton Park alley
  • Man found with fatal gunshot wound in Brighton Park alley
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    I can't stop thinking about Dylan Zavala's potential and what he could have achieved if his life had... ...Read More
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    I can't stop thinking about the Brighton Park area and its struggles with violence. It's terrifying ... ...Read More
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