On April 10, 2011, Christopher Young, an 18-year-old African American male, was fatally shot while standing on the sidewalk in the 400 block of West 79th Street in Chicago, Illinois. This incident occurred during a period marked by heightened gun violence in the city, particularly affecting young Black males.
The 2011 Chicago Murder Analysis Report indicates that 75.3% of murder victims that year were Black, with 90.1% being male. The majority of these homicides were attributed to alter
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