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Felix Lares

Case from Chicago, IL dated May 11, 2012

Victim Details

Felix Lares

March 28, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Chicago

IL

2012-05-11

2012-05-11

24

Felix

Lares

07/15/2026

1


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Felix Lares, a 24-year-old Hispanic man from Chicago, was killed on May 11, 2012, in a shooting that unfolded in the Little Village neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side. That night, he was standing in a gangway in the 2700 block of South Homan Avenue when, according to contemporary police reporting, a gunman stepped out of a light-colored pickup truck and opened fire. The attack was sudden and brutal. Lares was struck in the head and chest, and by 9:42 p.m. he was pronounced dead at the s ...
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  • Gunshot Homicides in Chicago, IL: January 1 – July 21, 2012
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