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Jose Aguilar

Age 14

Chicago, Illinois

He crossed into the wrong territory

He was 14 years old and parentless: his father had left and his mother had passed away.

Split by rival gangs and notorious for violence and revenge, that part of Chicago was where he and his friend crossed over the boundary into the McKinley Park neighborhood. Police said they were in a stolen car.  

On March 2, 2018, Jose Aguilar was shot in the abdomen at 10:47 a.m. He was rushed to the hospital by private ambulance and died a short time later, at 12:02 p.m.

By Willow Taylor Chiang Yang · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch