On January 2, 2016, at approximately 7:30 p.m., 60-year-old JUDITH FRUM was found lying in the street near Fair Avenue and S. Napoleon Avenue. She died from gunshot wounds.
On January 3, 2016, at approximately 8:26 p.m., 51-year-old LEONID KAPLEN was found near a sidewalk on Hallridge Circle, a neighborhood off McNaughten Road between E. Livingston Avenue and E. Main Street. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Gunfire had reportedly been heard in the area approximately one hour earlier.
On January 6, 2016, at approximately 7:08 p.m., 15-year-old ABOUBAKARY DIAWARA was found unresponsive on a porch near Laurelwood Drive and Vicki Court after suffering gunshot wounds.
Ballistic evidence has connected all three homicides.
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