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Gamaliel Toscano

Case from Chicago, IL dated Oct 22, 2009

Victim Details

Gamaliel Toscano

March 28, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Chicago

IL

2009-10-22

17

Gamaliel

Toscano

07/23/2026

1


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Gamaliel Toscano, a 17-year-old student at Tilden High School in Chicago, was fatally shot on October 22, 2009. The shooting occurred in the afternoon, around 2:45 p.m., in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, specifically in the 1100 block of West 47th Street, while Toscano was on his way home from school. The young student, known as "Gama," was walking just five blocks from his school when the incident occurred. He was shot multiple times and succumbed to his injuries at the scene. As of the in ...
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  • Friends: Argument may have led to fatal shooting | abc7chicago.com
  • Gamaliel “Gama” Toscano (1992-2009) - Memorials - Find a Grave
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