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Chicago Double Murder on Facebook Live: The Valentine’s Day Ambush
On February 14, 2017, a Facebook Live broadcast began inside a vehicle in a North Lawndale alley. Within minutes, gunfire interrupted the stream. Two people were killed, a pregnant woman survived, and the phone continued recording after the attack had already begun.
Chicago Triple Murder: 3 Killed at a Fuller Park Memorial Barbecue
Shortly after midnight on September 29, 2015, gunfire ripped through a memorial barbecue near West 42nd Street in Chicago. Three people were killed, two others survived, and the first police account described two gunmen escaping through an alley.
Four Calls, Two Guns, and Six Minutes — Arow’s Final Walk Through Parkway Gardens
On April 21, 2017, Aramani “Arow” Horton and another young man were recorded moving through Parkway Gardens toward 6514 South King Drive. Upstairs, a cannabis seller had already received four calls from an unfamiliar number arranging a small transaction. The final caller said he was waiting downstairs.
Pooh Bear: The 15-Year-Old Found In The Snow And The Two Dead Suspects
On January 20, 2012, 15-year-old Anton “Pooh Bear” Sanders was found shot to death in the snow near 1832 W. Juneway Terrace on Chicago’s Far North Side. The person who discovered him initially thought he was looking at clothing lying in the alley.
G Pap: The Party Shooting, The AJ Lineup, And The Case Reddit Says CPD Let Slip Away
On April 21, 2018, Stanley Watson, known online as G Pap, was killed inside an apartment building on South Wabash Avenue in Chicago. The public version was brief: a party, gunfire, one man dead, and another person wounded. The murder report opens a much deeper file.
13 People Shot At Cornell Square Park: The Chicago Revenge Attack
On September 19, 2013, a crowded basketball court at Cornell Square Park became the center of one of Chicago’s most widely reported mass shootings of that year. The location was familiar: 51st and Wood, inside the Back of the Yards neighborhood. The time was late enough for the park to be close to closing, but still active enough for people to be gathered outside.
Chicago’s Pluto Case: The 93rd Street Crash That Became A Homicide File
On November 29, 2013, Patrick “Pluto” Walker’s death did not begin in the public record as a clean homicide story. It started as an early-morning crash on Chicago’s South Side, with four people inside a vehicle, a wrecked car near 93rd Street, and an initial belief that the driver died from the impact.