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Raymond Figgers

Case from Chicago, IL dated Jul 27, 2018

Victim Details

Raymond Figgers

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2018-07-27

42

Raymond

Figgers

07/05/2026

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Raymond Figgers, a 42-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on July 27, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred on the sidewalk in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago. Figgers was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his head around 11:30 p.m. in the first block of South Campbell Avenue. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The suspect in the case, Leanthy Sims, a 37-year-old man from the Lawndale neighborhood, was charged with f ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man charged with fatally shooting man he believed was having affair with wife
  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man shot to death on Near West Side
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