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On November 23, 2012, Jordan Davis, a black American 17-year-old boy, was murdered at a Gate Petroleum gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, by Michael David Dunn, a white 45-year-old software developer, following an argument over loud music played by Davis and his three friends, in what was believed to be a racially motivated shooting.
Several miles outside of Edwardsville, Illinois, York and Latham killed gas station owner Martin Drenovac, and stole gas and money from the station. They continued their cross-country killing spree in Wallace, Kansas where on June 9, they shot 62-year-old Otto Ziegler to death, then took his wallet.
A judge convicted Darien Harris in 2014 in connection with a fatal shooting at a South Side gas station in 2011. Harris was 30 years old when he went free. Man convicted of Chicago murder based on ...
George Floyd Square, officially George Perry Floyd Square in Minneapolis, is a commemorative name applied to Chicago Avenue between the East 37th and 39th Streets in the Powderhorn neighborhood. George Floyd , a Black man, was murdered there by police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020.
The Chicago-based improv comedy group The Second City references Liebling's book in their self-mocking name. [3] In 2011, Chicago announced its adoption of the slogan "Second to None", a protest stance indirectly referring to Liebling's publications. [4] The slogan was replaced with another in 2022. [5]
Man charged for killing Chicago cop The Chicago Police Department has announced charges against a 23-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a police officer. The announcement comes just days after ...
James Christopher Lindsey, 42, allegedly killed 40-year-old Kristin Stevens after breaking into her Chuluota home around 1 a.m. when he learned she went on a date with another man, according to ...
The name may also refer to youth gangs in the neighborhood, who were known as "wild canaries". [9] Central Park Avenue: Refers to the original name of Garfield Park. Cermak Road: Slain Chicago mayor Anton Cermak (formerly 22nd Street) Chicago River: A French rendering of the Miami-Illinois name shikaakwa, meaning wild leek. [10] [11] [12 ...