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Pedro Ramirez

Case from Chicago, IL dated May 26, 2026

Victim Details

Pedro Ramirez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Chicago

IL

2026-05-26

17

Pedro

Ramirez

07/16/2026

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On the morning of Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 17-year-old Pedro Ramirez was on his way to Tilden High School in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood. An honor roll student and a member of the soccer and volleyball teams, Pedro was walking to the bus stop at approximately 7:40 a.m. when a dark-colored SUV pulled up on the 5000 block of South Throop Street. At least one individual, and according to some reports as many as three masked gunmen, exited the vehicle and began shooting. The gunfire struc ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Loved ones of slain Tilden High School honor student call for justice during peace walk in Back of the Yards
  • Chicago Tribune: ‘He was just walking to school’: Friends, family mourn shooting death of honor roll student
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