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Tayon Stray

Case from Chicago, IL dated Mar 11, 2025

Victim Details

Tayon Stray

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2025-03-11

23

Tayon

Stray

07/27/2026

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Tayon Stray, a 23-year-old man from Naperville, Illinois, was fatally shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago on March 11, 2025. The incident occurred around 2:35 a.m. on the sidewalk in the 1400 block of West 77th Street. Chicago police officers, who were patrolling the area, heard gunfire and discovered Stray lying unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his chest. Emergency responders transported him to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 4:02 a.m.
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Naperville man fatally shot on Auburn Gresham sidewalk
  • YOUNG MAN KILLED: Tayon Stray, 23, was shot to death, in the ...
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    I can’t stop thinking about the impact Tayon made with his music. Everyone who knew him speaks so ... ...Read More
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