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Chicago Sees Seven Homicides in Under 18 Hours in Rare January Spike

Detectives are investigating with few arrests after a day that city data shows is uncommon for January.

Overview

  • City violence data cited by the Chicago Tribune shows seven people were shot and killed on Sunday within roughly 18 hours, one of only a few January days since 1991 to reach that toll.
  • At least three victims were teenagers, including a 16-year-old boy, 19-year-old Angel Aviles, and 17-year-old Melissa Catrejon, according to police and the medical examiner.
  • Family identified 36-year-old Kiara Jenkins, a mother of five, as the woman found fatally shot near her Woodlawn home early Sunday as she was heading to an early church service.
  • Two West Side killings occurred inside residences, including Kelly Brown, 40, shot when someone opened fire through a rear doorway in Lawndale, and an unidentified 37-year-old killed in an East Garfield Park home invasion.
  • A 37-year-old man was also shot dead while in a vehicle in West Pullman, and police reported no arrests in many of the cases as CPD declined to comment and Area One detectives pursued leads.