Unique Banks

On January 23, 2023, a devastating mass shooting occurred in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, resulting in the deaths of Unique Banks, a 20-year-old Latinx transgender woman, and her mother, Alexsandra Olmo, 43. The incident took place around 1:40 p.m. in the 2900 block of East 78th Street, where two individuals, described as teens wearing ski masks and one in camouflage, kicked in the apartment door and demanded money before opening fire.

Unique Banks and her mother were fatall ...

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