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Taniya Smith

Case from Chicago, IL dated Aug 25, 2024

Victim Details

Taniya Smith

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2024-08-25

20

Taniya

Smith

07/11/2026

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Taniya Smith, a 20-year-old youth mentor from Chicago, Illinois, was tragically shot and killed during a block club party on the Near North Side on August 25, 2024. The incident occurred at the Frances Cabrini rowhomes, near the intersection of Cambridge and Delaware, a location where Taniya had grown up and felt safest among the community she knew since kindergarten.

Taniya was a dedicated youth mentor with Hood Heroes, an organization that helps teens secure summer jobs. Her mother, C ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Woman fatally shot on Near North Side
  • ABC7 Chicago: Youth mentor shot to death at Near North Side block club party was trying to change lives, mom says
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