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JVarus Mcnight

Case from Chicago, IL dated Jun 28, 2025

Victim Details

JVarus Mcnight

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2025-06-28

32

JVarus

Mcnight

07/24/2026

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J’Varus McKnight, 32, male, Black / African American, was found in the early dark of Saturday, June 28, 2025, on West Cortland Street in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood, unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his chest. First responders from the Chicago Fire Department reached the 2200 block around 3 a.m. after multiple calls, and he was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner identified him as J’Varus McKnight later that weekend, fixing ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man shot, killed in Bucktown
  • ABC7 Chicago: Man found shot to death in Bucktown identified by officials
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