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Joseph B. Trejo

Case from Aurora, IL dated May 14, 2014

Victim Details

Joseph B. Trejo

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Aurora

IL

2014-05-14

18

Joseph

B. Trejo

07/17/2026

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Joseph B. Trejo, an 18-year-old male from Aurora, Illinois, was tragically killed on the evening of May 14, 2014. Trejo was sitting on the front porch of a home in the 200 block of North Smith Street with his 31-year-old cousin when a person exited a cream-colored, four-door sedan and opened fire. The shooter, described as a Hispanic male between 16 and 20 years old, thin with a light complexion, wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt and cream-colored khaki pants, fled the scene on foot afte ...
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  • Daily Herald: Police identify 18-year-old killed in Aurora shooting
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