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On the evening of June 26, 2017, Deshawn Martin, a 13-year-old African American boy, was fatally shot in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side. At approximately 7:35 p.m., while Deshawn was playing basketball in the backyard of a home located in the 1000 block of West 103rd Street, an unidentified individual fired multiple shots, striking him in the chest. Deshawn, who resided just a block away from the scene, was transported to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, wher ...Read More
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Deshawn Martin
March 28, 2022
Male
African-American / Black
Chicago
IL
2017-06-26
13
Deshawn
Martin
11/09/2025
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