Thaddeus J Dean

Thaddeus J. Dean, a 26-year-old from Chicago, was killed on August 9, 2017. Dean's death was part of the ongoing wave of gun violence that plagued Chicago during this time. He was shot in an incident that underscored the challenges many neighborhoods faced in dealing with violent crime and the pervasiveness of firearms in the community.

The homicide occurred in an area that, like many others in Chicago, experienced high rates of violent crime and instability. Dean's death added to the a ...