Shooting at Chicago Starbucks leaves 1 dead and 2 injured
Kate Samuelson, TIME Friday, November 03, 2017
A stock photo of Starbucks.
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A stock photo of Starbucks.
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One person died and two others were injured in a shooting at a Starbucks in Uptown Chicago Thursday evening.
The victim was identified as father-of-two Sauvignon Watkins, 28, and one of the people left injured was a 12-year-old boy who suffered a gunshot wound to the groin, the Chicago Tribune reports. Police believe the shooting occurred following a drug deal involving the shooter and Watkins. The shooter is still at large.
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A spokesperson for Starbucks said it was “saddened to learn of the passing of a young man and the injury of two others as a result of gun violence at our store,” adding that the store would be closed Friday. “We will continue to support law enforcement in their investigation,” the coffee chain’s statement concluded.
A man was killed and two others, including a 12-year-old boy, were injured in a shooting in a Chicago Starbucks:
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On Nov. 1, the Associated Press reported that the number of homicides in Chicago in October 2017 was significantly lower than during October 2016. The city, the third-largest in the U.S., had seen 2,445 shooting incidents by that point of the year compared to 3,000 by the same time last year.
