David Martinez, aged 21, was shot and killed on November 16, 2016, in the South Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident added to the troubling rise in violence that was characteristic of Chicago in 2016, a year that saw one of the highest homicide rates in decades, with 764 people killed in the city. Martinez was one of many young victims caught up in the escalating violence in various Chicago neighborhoods, which were plagued by high crime rates, gang activity, and limited comm
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