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Earl Young

Case from Chicago, IL dated Aug 03, 2018

Victim Details

Earl Young

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2018-08-03

30

Earl

Young

07/21/2026

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Earl Young was a 30-year-old African American man trying hard to build a new life for himself on Chicago's South Shore, a father who had gone from being a parentless high school dropout to an honor student, basketball star and prom king at Sullivan House High School, an alternative school for at-risk kids. At Sullivan he found mentors who pushed him toward college and helped him discover he could be more than the troubled boy he had been; he even earned a basketball scholarship to a small colleg ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man charged in 2018 South Shore shooting over pit bull puppies: prosecutors
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    Has anyone else been following the story of Earl Young's tragic death? It's just been weighing on my... ...Read More
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