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Vernon Thompson

Case from Chicago, IL dated Jul 28, 2025

Victim Details

Vernon Thompson

Male

Chicago

IL

2025-07-28

41

Vernon

Thompson

07/21/2026

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In the early light of July 28, 2025, Vernon Thompson, age 41 and male, was found unresponsive outdoors on the West Side of Chicago, in the 800 block of South Kolmar Avenue. He had been shot multiple times—wounds to his back and arm—and first responders rushed him to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The quiet residential block, just waking to a Monday morning, became a taped-off scene as detectives traced shell casings and canvassed for witnesses.

By mid-morning, au ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man fatally shot on West Side
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