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Joseph Graves

Case from Chicago, IL dated Dec 11, 2015

Victim Details

Joseph Graves

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Chicago

IL

2015-12-11

19

Joseph

Graves

06/25/2026


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On December 11, 2015, 19-year-old Joseph Graves, a student at Northern Illinois University, was shot and killed while home for the holidays in Chicago. Graves was found unresponsive in an SUV with a gunshot wound to the back of his head in the Washington Heights neighborhood. The shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m., adding to the string of violent incidents that plagued the city during that period.

Graves was a young man with aspirations, and his untimely death sent shockwaves through h ...
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  • Teen fatally shot on South Side - ABC7 Chicago
  • Teenager shot and killed in Washington Heights - ABC7 Chicago
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