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Published May 5, 2016

Slain 13-year-old remembered: ‘He was my only friend’ (Photo: Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

Published November 16, 2015

Tyshawn Lee, 9, was gently laid to rest by adults who wondered: When a child is executed, who’s off-limits? (Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

Published November 4, 2015

Remembering Tyshawn Lee: ‘Look out for us up there’ (Photo: Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Published October 31, 2015

Scene of the crime: Struggling with police and the death of another son (Photo: Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

Published July 30, 2015

Life and death in Back of the Yards: ‘We were born into it’ (Photo: Eric Clark, for the Chicago Tribune)

Published March 23, 2015

Grandmother: ‘How could he let this kid come up and shoot him like that?’ (Photo: Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune)

Published September 27, 2014

‘It’s unacceptable. They don’t have to do that.’ (Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

Published September 7, 2014

‘I know who did it.’ (Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

Published May 29, 2014

‘They don’t believe it but (the police) showed me his face’ (Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)