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Adama Moye

Case from Chicago, IL dated Nov 05, 2016

Victim Details

Adama Moye

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Chicago

IL

2016-11-05

22

Adama

Moye

07/18/2026

1


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Adama Moye, aged 22, was fatally shot on November 5, 2016, in a drive-by shooting while sitting in a vehicle in Chicago's Longwood Manor neighborhood. The son of famed percussionist Famoudou Don Moye of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Adama was waiting for a friend when a dark vehicle approached, and someone inside fired shots, striking him in the chest. He was taken to Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Adama was studying to be a chef, with plans to join his father in France once ...
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