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Joseph Smith

Case from Chicago, IL dated Sep 21, 2015

Victim Details

Joseph Smith

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2015-09-21

23

Joseph

Smith

07/15/2026


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On the evening of September 21, 2015, Joseph Smith, a 23-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. At approximately 6:15 p.m., while walking in the 5500 block of West Potomac Avenue, an unidentified assailant approached him and opened fire. Smith sustained gunshot wounds to his back and left leg. He was transported to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was later pronounced dead.

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