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Garvin Whitmore

Case from Chicago, IL dated May 28, 2016

Victim Details

Garvin Whitmore

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2016-05-28

27

Garvin

Whitmore

07/21/2026

1


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Garvin Whitmore, a 27-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on May 28, 2016, while stopped at a traffic light in Aurora, Illinois. Whitmore and his fiancée, Ashley Harrison, were traveling to Chicago to pick up a relative when an unidentified gunman approached their vehicle and shot Whitmore in the head. The attack was sudden and left Harrison in shock as she witnessed the tragic event unfold.

In a desperate attempt to scare off the shooter, Harrison, 26, grabbed a. 357 Magnum from inside ...
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