On October 6, 2008, Mustafa Abdulrahim, a 21-year-old resident of Chicago, was tragically shot and killed. The incident took place in an area of Chicago that has struggled with high rates of violence, particularly gun-related crimes. Abdulrahim’s death was one of the many homicides that year, contributing to a persistent pattern of violence in several neighborhoods across the city.
The data on homicides in Chicago from this period reveals that gun violence disproportionately affected
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