505 Chicagoans Murdered in 2012; Including 108 Young People

In all, 505 (mostly Black and Latino) Chicagoans were murdered in 2012, including 108 young people.

The murder rate increased by a whopping 19%.

The awesome Black Star Project took the liberty of collecting the names of the 108 young people who tragically lost their lives to violence this year.

We too wish to honor these young lives taken from us far too soon:

NAME                       Age    Date         Community             How Died

1) Devante Watts	19	12/30/2012	Roseland	Gunshot
2) Junior Estudillo	19	12/30/2012	Irving Park	Gunshot
3) Neriyah Beller	4	12/29/2012	North Lawndale	Arson
4) Joshua Davis	18	12/25/2012	West Englewood	Gunshot
5) Kentan Scott	15	12/20/2012	Austin	Gunshot
6) Jeffrey Stewart	16	12/9/2012	Humboldt Park	Gunshot
7) Porshe Foster	15	11/26/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
Christopher Jacobs	19	11/22/2012	New City	Gunshot
9) Name Unknown	19	11/21/2012	New City	Gunshot
10) Emilio Palomo	16	11/18/2012	New City	Gunshot
11) Sergio Oliva	15	11/15/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
12) Taylor Fitting	16	11/12/2012	Roseland	Gunshot
13) Darrell Austin	19	11/9/2012	Calumet Heights	Gunshot
14) Rodney Stewart	17	11/8/2012	Ashburn	Gunshot
15) Travis Henry	19	11/3/2012	Englewood	Gunshot
16) Tre Henry	19	11/1/2012	Washington Park	Gunshot
17) Devin Harris	19	10/31/2012	Austin	Gunshot
18) Earl Cunningham	18	10/30/2012	West Pullman	Gunshot
19) Patrick Robinson	18	10/30/2012	Roseland	Gunshot
20) Terrance Johnson	17	10/20/2012	Rogers Park	Gunshot
21) Terrance Wright	18	10/19/2012	South Deering	Gunshot
22) Jamiere Brown	18	10/14/2012	Washington Park	Gunshot
23) Modell McCambry	17	10/13/2012	Woodlawn	Gunshot
24) Jonathan Williams	17	10/8/2012	South Shore	Gunshot
25) Derrick Davis	17	9/28/2012	Calumet Heights	Gunshot
26) Francisco Merino	19	9/27/2012	Lower West Side	Gunshot
27) Dejuan Jackson	17	9/26/2012	Oakland	Gunshot
28) Thaddeus Tucker	18	9/22/2012	West Pullman	Gunshot
29) Muhammed Kebbeh	19	9/15/2012	Chatham	Gunshot
30) Julia Duda	2mo.	9/15/2012	Belmont Cragin	Child Abuse
31) Jesus Garcia	17	9/8/2012	Gage Park	Gunshot
32) Joseph Coleman	18	9/4/2012	Greater Grand Crossing	Gunshot
33) Jalen Strogner	17	8/31/2012	New City	Gunshot
34) Aaron Gaithan	19	8/26/2012	Woodlawn	Gunshot
35) Aaron Gaithan	18	8/25/2012	Greater Grand Crossing	Gunshot
36) Jamal Clayton	19	8/24/2012	Greater Grand Crossing	Gunshot
37) Lucian Dreux	17	8/24/2012	Greater Grand Crossing	Gunshot
38) Alejandro Valdez	15	8/21/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
39) Jaime Ruvalcaba	15	8/21/2012	New City	Gunshot
40) Alonzo Powell	18	8/18/2012	Austin	Gunshot
41) Taylor Diorio	17	8/18/2012	McKinley Park	Gunshot
42) Derrick Baker	18	8/18/2012	West Pullman	Gunshot
43) Richard Johnson	18	8/17/2012	Austin	Gunshot
44) Emonie Beasley-Brown	3wk.	8/15/2012	West Englewood	Child Abuse
45) Anthony Brooms	19	8/14/2012	West Pullman	Gunshot
46) Donata Gooden	19	8/12/2012	Austin	Stabbing
47) Tony Dunn	19	8/8/2012	Woodlawn	Gunshot
48) Sameer Barakat	19	8/5/2012	Albany Park	Gunshot
49) Cornell Ferguson	16	8/2/2012	Humboldt Park	Gunshot
50) Johnqualus Turner	16	8/2/2012	Humboldt Park	Gunshot
51) Quincey Simmons	18	8/1/2012	Austin	Gunshot
52) Iyonna Davis	1	7/28/2012	Roseland	Trauma
53) Douglas Bufford	16	7/25/2012	South Shore	Gunshot
54) Aleixi Johnson	17	7/23/2012	South Deering	Gunshot
55) Akil Partee	19	7/21/2012	Austin	Gunshot
56) Jamauri Askew	16	7/19/2012	Auburn Gresham	Gunshot
57) Nathaniel Gonzalez	16	7/19/2012	West Englewood	Gunshot
58) Martin Tejeda	16	7/12/2012	Gage Park	Gunshot
59) Zachary Berrios	18	7/6/2012	Pullman	Gunshot
60) Ricardo Alcantara	18	7/5/2012	Archer Heights	Gunshot
61) Adeniyi Adesida	18	7/5/2012	Austin	Gunshot
62) Demetrius Tribett	19	7/2/2012	Greater Grand Crossing	Gunshot
63) Myrion Currie	19	7/1/2012	West  Garfield Park	Gunshot
64) William Cook	19	6/30/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
65) Lenard Trust	17	6/30/2012	Kenwood	Gunshot
66) Heaven Sutton	7	6/27/2012	Austin	Gunshot
67) Tyquan Tyler	13	6/24/2012	Woodlawn	Gunshot
68) Antonio Davis	14	6/22/2012	Englewood	Gunshot
69) Henry Soyege	19	6/18/2012	Uptown	Gunshot
70) Shakaki Asphy	16	6/16/2012	West Englewood	Gunshot
71) Romelo Golden	17	6/13/2012	South Chicago	Gunshot
72) Joseph Briggs	16	6/9/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
73) Jamal Lockett	16	6/2/2012	South Shore	Gunshot
74) Ivan Alanis	13	5/29/2012	Uptown	Gunshot
75) Marley Collins	19	5/28/2012	North Lawndale	Gunshot
76) Jaleel Beasley	19	5/27/2012	Near West Side	Gunshot
77) Jaylin Johnson	18	5/26/2012	Roseland	Gunshot
78) Jeffrey Triplett	17	5/26/2012	North Lawndale	Gunshot
79) Nazia Banks	12	5/19/2012	South Chicago	Gunshot
80) Alejandro Jamie	14	5/18/2012	Brighton Park	Gunshot
81) Donald Rankin	16	5/4/2012	West Pullman	Gunshot
82) Armaney Cotton	2	4/14/2012	Englewood	Child Abuse
83) Roberto Luna	13	4/7/2012	Brighton Park	Gunshot
84) Jalen Armstrong	18	4/6/2012	Chatham	Gunshot
85) Brandon Miles	19	4/5/2012	Austin	Gunshot
86) Cedric Bell	16	3/26/2012	West Englewood	Gunshot
87) Aliyah Shell	6	3/17/2012	South Lawndale	Gunshot
88) Anthony  Scott	19	3/16/2012	West Ridge	Gunshot
89) Johnny Vargas	19	3/15/2012	South Lawndale	Gunshot
90) Gustavo Reyes	19	3/14/2012	West Lawn	Gunshot
91) Joshua Williams	16	3/8/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
92) Chris Wormely	17	3/1/2012	South Deering	Stabbing
93) Albert Guyton	15	2/28/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
94) George Howard	15	2/27/2012	Washington Park	Gunshot
95) Damion Rolle	14	2/21/2012	Greater Grand Crossing	Gunshot
96) Jamal Harris	19	2/19/2012	South Shore	Gunshot
97) Edgar Delgado	17	2/18/2012	Avondale	Gunshot
98) Deshun Winfert	15	2/5/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
99) Anton Sanders	15	1/20/2012	Rogers Park	Gunshot
100) Devonte Pippen	18	1/19/2012	Chicago Lawn	Gunshot
101) Kurtis Stanton	19	1/17/2012	Washington Heights	Gunshot
102) Omar Vargas	17	1/14/2012	Mckinley Park	Auto Crash
103) Cory Campbell	18	1/10/2012	Auburn Gresham	Gunshot
104) Christian Peggs	18	1/8/2012	Greater Grand Crossing	Gunshot
105) Valentin Bahena	17	1/8/2012	Belmont Cragin	Gunshot
106) Mark Watts	15	1/4/2012	West Englewood	Gunshot
107) Nicholas Camacho	19	1/2/2012	Albany Park	Gunshot
108) Christina Thomas	6mo.	1/2/2012	Englewood	Child Abuse

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