Dewan M Smith

Murdered

Dewayne M. Smith, aged 24, was fatally shot on November 4, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. The shooting occurred in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of the city, an area that has faced chronic issues with violence. Smith was shot in the street, and despite emergency medical efforts, he was pronounced dead shortly after the incident. The circumstances of his death fit into a larger pattern of violence that plagued many neighborhoods in Chicago at the time, with homicides frequently linked to ...Read More