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Adekunte M. Adaranijo, a 53 year old African American male, was shot multiple times in the pre-dawn hours of April 26, 2017, in Maywood, Illinois.
Police responding to reports of gunfire around 1:30 a.m. found him unresponsive in a vehicle near 14th Avenue and Oak Street. He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m.; the medical examiner ruled the case a homicide. Authorities identified him as a resident of Des Plaines.
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Police responding to reports of gunfire around 1:30 a.m. found him unresponsive in a vehicle near 14th Avenue and Oak Street. He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m.; the medical examiner ruled the case a homicide. Authorities identified him as a resident of Des Plaines.
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Adekunte M. Adaranijo
Male
Black / African American
Maywood
IL
2017-04-26
53
Adekunte
Adaranijo
11/27/2025




