On August 10, 2013, 21-year-old Jacobi D. Herring was shot and killed in the South Chicago neighborhood. Herring had just left a late-night party when he was targeted near East 79th Street and South Yates Boulevard, an area known for high crime and gang activity. He had previously been included on a police "heat list," a controversial effort by Chicago police to identify individuals most at risk of becoming involved in violence, either as perpetrators or victims. Herring's family described him a
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