On October 16, 2017, Terrence D. Lipsey, a 19-year-old, was shot and killed in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Lipsey was shot just a block away from his home, highlighting the pervasive danger that residents faced even in their own communities. The shooting occurred in the evening, and Terrence was one of many victims of gun violence in Chicago that year, which was marked by ongoing struggles to reduce shootings despite a decrease in overall homicide rates compared to prior years.
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