Marquis Lee, a 27-year-old resident of Chicago, was shot and killed on June 4, 2009. The incident occurred during a particularly violent period in the city, which saw increasing numbers of homicides driven by gang activity and interpersonal conflicts. Lee was targeted while he was near a South Side neighborhood that had been struggling with persistent issues of gun violence and gang tensions. The precise details of the shooting are somewhat limited, but like many such incidents in Chicago at the
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