Murders in Morgan Park, Chicago - Very Sad

Morgan Park is the Chicago neighborhood where my High School is located.  It is sad to see the high rate of murders in the community.  Efforts to stop the violence have not worked. 


Showing 47 homicides in Morgan Park since Jan. 1, 2006.

Name, age +
story
Date, time +
case number
BlockCause +
Locale
Avery Williams, 22
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6/30/1511100 S. Hamlet Ave.Gunshot
David Finney, 39
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4/10/15
11:16 p.m.
HY217489
11300 S. Green St.Gunshot
House
Darius Sept, 34
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8/30/14
5:41 a.m.
HX407990
10900 S. Racine Ave.Gunshot
Street
Jerome Harris, 17
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8/3/14
9:53 p.m.
HX372870
1100 W. 112th Pl.Gunshot
Alley
Tonya Gunn, 44
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7/7/14
1:15 a.m.
HX334345
10900 S. Throop St.Gunshot
Vacant lot
Taurus Williams, 23
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6/21/14
5:55 p.m.
HX313263
11100 S. Homewood Ave.Gunshot
Street
Summer Ann Moore, 37
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5/9/14
8:38 p.m.
HX255335
11400 S. Aberdeen St.Gunshot
Residential Yard
Kevin Johnson, 30
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12/10/13
5:15 p.m.
HW565869
11200 S. Ada St.Gunshot
Park property
John Atkins, 33
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8/31/13
11:19 a.m.
HW431623
11700 S. Hale Ave.Gunshot
Residential Yard
Kyle Hogan, 23
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8/16/13
3:40 p.m.
HW410418
1100 W. 111th Pl.Gunshot
House
Jajuan Lewis, 22
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5/28/13
3:07 p.m.
HW294080
11600 S. Vincennes Ave.Gunshot
Street
Kenneth Johnson, 48
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3/24/13
3:50 a.m.
HW204628
11400 S. Rockwell St.Stabbing
Residence
Dejuan Thurman, 36
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10/17/12
8:30 p.m.
HV522994
11300 S. May St.Gunshot
Vacant lot
Michael Haynes, 22
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7/26/12
5:10 p.m.
HV401683
11600 S. Vincennes Ave.Gunshot
Sidewalk
Floyd Newell, 36
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5/31/12
10:28 a.m.
HV311867
11300 S. Vincennes Ave.Gunshot
Street
Kenneth Reaves, 30
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5/22/12
1:40 a.m.
HV297328
11600 S. Hale Ave.Gunshot
Sidewalk
Terrance McCoy, 264/18/12
HV247777
1600 W. Monterey Ave.
Residence
Micah Williams, 22
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12/6/11
3:02 p.m.
HT620488
11100 S. Aberdeen St.Gunshot
Alley
Kevin Branch, 17
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12/4/11
9:45 a.m.
HT617267
1100 W. 112th Pl.Gunshot
Residential Yard
Anthony Brown Jr., 21
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12/1/11
6:49 p.m.
HT613476
1300 W. 111th St.Gunshot
Sidewalk
Latashia Nevitt, 32
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10/10/11
10 p.m.
HX173081
10700 S. Loomis St.
Sewer
Samuel Washington, 49
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1/24/11
12:19 p.m.
HT133119
11300 S. Laflin St.Trauma
Abandoned building
Joi Cochran, 11
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11/29/10
10:28 p.m.
HS638640
11100 S. Bell Ave.Stabbing
Apartment
Stacy Cochran Hill, 43
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11/29/10
10:28 p.m.
HS638640
11100 S. Bell Ave.Stabbing
Apartment
Jade Cochran, 17
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11/29/10
10:28 p.m.
HS638640
11100 S. Bell Ave.Stabbing
Apartment
Trevor Green, 17
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10/5/10
6:09 p.m.
HS549638
1600 W. Montvale Ave.Gunshot
Residential Yard
Anthony Anglin, 71
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8/20/10
1 a.m.
HS471694
10800 S. Sangamon St.Gunshot
Residence
David Buckner, 47
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8/7/10
8:30 p.m.
HS451107
11200 S. Ada St.Gunshot
Park Property
Marquita Jamieson, 18
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7/6/10
7:59 p.m.
HS397379
11000 S. Loomis St.Stabbing
Sidewalk
Roger Walker, 30
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4/16/10
2:52 a.m.
HS260094
1400 W. 110th St.Gunshot
Street
Brandon Berry, 20
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2/13/10
8:30 p.m.
HS164189
11200 S. Hermosa Ave.Gunshot
Street
Robert Watson, 29
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12/9/09
9:50 p.m.
HR682134
11300 S. Aberdeen St.Gunshot
Apartment
Anthony Watts, 26
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12/9/09
9:50 p.m.
HR682134
11300 S. Aberdeen St.Gunshot
Apartment
Kevin Johnson, 20
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4/14/09
5:03 p.m.
HR267890
1600 W. 119th St.Gunshot
Parking lot/garage
Gregory Robinson, 14
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3/13/09
10:35 p.m.
HR214507
1100 W. 110th Pl.Gunshot
Street
Otis Matthews, 29
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3/9/09
11 p.m.
HR207222
11600 S. Church St.Gunshot
Sidewalk
Jojuan Miller, 34
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1/3/09
4:44 a.m.
HR103491
11300 S. Racine Ave.Gunshot
Alley
Princeton Reed, 33
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12/24/08
1:10 a.m.
HP748372
800 W. 112th St.Gunshot
Street
Shaun Brown, 17
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10/3/08
11:51 p.m.
HP607848
700 W. 112th Pl.Gunshot
Sidewalk
Terrence Jones, 16
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8/31/08
8:46 p.m.
HP546044
1400 W. 109th St.Gunshot
Park property
Scotty Prater, 19
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7/14/08
9:05 p.m.
HP452912
1000 W. 108th Pl.Gunshot
Street
Jonathan Swoope, 20
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6/15/08
2:13 a.m.
HP395964
11500 S. Longwood Dr.Gunshot
Residence
James Bush, 18
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4/1/08
6:37 p.m.
HP256095
1200 W. 110th Pl.Gunshot
Sidewalk
Michael Smith, 3312/11/07
9 p.m.
HN754407
11400 S. Loomis St.Gunshot
Street
Dennis Williams, 539/13/07
9:24 p.m.
HN587574
900 W. 115th St.Gunshot
Street
Jason Rodriguez, 27
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9/21/06
4:35 p.m.
HM614751
1200 W. 111th St.Gunshot
Gas station
Vicky Kowal, 27
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6/15/06
6:55 p.m.
HM416307
2400 W. 110th St.                                            Stabbing
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During this same time there were three murders in the nearby Beverly neighborhood and none in Mount Greenwood. The table below shows murder rates per 100,000 population so that we can compare the neighborhoods to the City and Country.


NeighborhoodPopulationMurdersPer YearMurders Per Year
20102006-2015Per 100,000 Pop.
Morgan Park22,544475.223.2
Beverly20,03430.31.7
Mount Greenwood19,09300.00.0
Total61,671505.69.0
Chicago2,698,00015.1
USA308,745,5384.7


Sources
http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/neighborhood/morgan-park/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Park,_Chicago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Greenwood,_Chicago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly,_Chicago
http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Morgan-Park-Chicago-IL.html
http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Beverly-Chicago-IL.html
http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Mount-Greenwood-Chicago-IL.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago

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