Mauricio Gonzalez, an 18-year-old male, was fatally shot on March 1, 2008, in the Ashburn neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred in the street, underscoring the public nature of much of the violence in Chicago's neighborhoods. The Ashburn neighborhood, like many other areas of Chicago, was dealing with a high level of violence during this period, which contributed to a rising murder rate in the city.
Mauricio's death was part of the broader wave of gun violence that plagued Chic
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