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Makayla Dean

Case from Chicago, IL dated Jun 27, 2025

Victim Details

Makayla Dean

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2025-06-27

20

Makayla

Dean

08/02/2026

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Makayla Dean, age 20, a Black/African American woman from Chicago, was discovered on the night of June 27, 2025, lying unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 5400 block of South Prairie Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood. Officers called to the scene around 9:30–9:40 p.m. found the 20-year-old with a gunshot wound to the head; she was pronounced dead there. Early reports offered little about what led up to the shooting, only that Area One detectives had opened a homicide investigation.
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Woman, 20, found fatally shot in Washington Park
  • ABC7 Chicago: 20-year-old woman found fatally shot in the head in Washington Park: police
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