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Willie Cooper

Case from Chicago, IL dated Dec 19, 2013

Victim Details

Willie Cooper

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2013-12-19

74

Willie

Cooper

07/14/2026

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Willie Cooper, a 58-year-old African American community leader, was tragically killed on July 15, 2017, in Chicago's Far South Side. Cooper was the principal officer of Lilydale Outreach Workers for a Better Community, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing jobs for South Side teens and reducing violence in the community. On the day of his death, Cooper was walking near the nonprofit's office when he was shot in the mouth and back by someone in a dark-colored vehicle. The shooting occur ...
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