Alex Benison

Murdered

Alex Benison, aged 35, was fatally shot on September 14, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a particularly violent year in Chicago, where the city experienced a sharp rise in homicides. Gun violence, driven in part by gang conflicts and the easy availability of illegal firearms, was a major factor in many of these incidents. Benison's case was one of the hundreds of lives claimed by such violence that year.

Chicago, during 2012, struggled with an alarming homicide rat ...Read More

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