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Lakiya Iman Adams

Case from Chicago, IL dated Dec 16, 2017

Victim Details

Lakiya Adams

September 22, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2017-12-16

2017/12/16

20

Lakiya

Iman Adams

07/11/2026


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On December 16, 2017, Lakiya Iman Adams, a 20-year-old Black mother of one from Chicago, was sitting in a vehicle with an 18-year-old man in Englewood when a dark-colored Audi rolled past and someone opened fire. It was about 3:40 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Emerald Avenue.
She was struck in the body and pronounced dead at the scene at 4:15 p.m., while the young man suffered a wound to his leg and made it to St. Bernard Hospital, where his condition stabilized.

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