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John Bolden

Case from Chicago, IL dated Sep 18, 2017

Victim Details

John Bolden

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2017-09-18

47

John

Bolden

07/13/2026

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John Bolden, a 47-year-old African American man, was tragically killed on September 18, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side of the city. John Bolden was sitting in a parked car at approximately 11:22 p.m. in the 10100 block of South Racine Avenue when an assailant in a gray van fired multiple shots, striking him several times in the side of his body. Despite being rushed to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, he succumbed ...
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