On July 6, 2014, 25-year-old William Allen from Chicago, Illinois, succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained during a violent Fourth of July weekend. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office reported that Allen was pronounced dead shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Monday, July 7, 2014. He had been shot the previous night, adding to the alarming tally of shootings over the holiday period.
The Independence Day weekend of 2014 was particularly violent in Chicago, with reports indicating that 82 indi
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