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Leah Herrera was 8-years old when she succumbed to Anaplastic Astrocytoma, a rare form of cancer which produced brain tumors.
South Lamon from West 49th Street to West 50th Street
Ward: 22
Alderman: Michael Rodriguez
Neighborhood: Stickney
b. October 2, 2012
d. August 31, 2021. Age 8
Source
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https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/il/chicago/leah-k-herrera-13272644
https://www.gofundme.com/f/b5kz6-leah-strong
Mateo Zastro was 3-years old when his mother’s car was caught in gunfire from a nearby road rage incident. He was the only one of the passengers, including his mother and 3 siblings, who were hit.
South Kildare Avenue between 6800 and 6900
Ward: 23
Alderman: Silvana Tabares
Neighborhood: West Lawn
d. September 30, 2022. Age 3
Source
20231203S
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/04/01/chicago-police-3-year-old-boy-killed-mateo-zastro-grief-unsolved-slaying-city-hall-west-lawn-crime
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/9/30/23381543/3-year-old-boy-shot-killed-west-lawn-drive-by-marquette-kenneth-mateo-zastro-chicago
Nicholas Miceli was only two years old when he died from Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) cancer. Gold ribbons adorned the streets of the Southwest side neighborhood of the Miceli family.
His mother, Khrissy Miceli is an English and Language Arts teach at Clissold Elementary School. Her students helped raise money to “Help Nick Kick Cancer!”
West 107th Place between South Lawndale Avenue and South Millard Avenue
Ward: 19
Alderman: Matthew O’Shea
Neighborhood: West Beverly
d. May 3, 2019. Age 2
Source
20231262
https://www.beverlyreview.net/news/top_story/article_b56ccf8a-8167-11e9-baac-5be6745721e1.html
https://www.stbaldricks.org/kids/mypage/9429
https://www.beverlyreview.net/news/top_story/article_bc0202e4-556a-11e9-b1fd-673a9d40a982.html
Molly Morris was an 8-year old girl who died from kidney cancer in 2023. Her life and struggle were captured on social media with #MollyStrong and with orange ribbons around her Norwood Park neighborhood.
Alum
St. Monica Academy
West Berwyn Avenue between North Newland Avenue to North Nordica Avenue
Ward: 41
Alderman: Anthony Napolitano
Neighborhood: Norwood Park
d. 2023. Age 8
Source
20231320
https://youtu.be/EtQgaiA4kMQ?si=B1VBe0cb2m-lD90z
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/8-year-old-girl-at-center-of-mollystrong-movement-dies-of-cancer-family-announces-in-emotional-post/3067812/
Janari Ricks was a 9-year old child who was the unintended victim of a shooting. The gunman fired into a group of adults and children in the Cabrini rowhouses.
Ward: 27
Alderman: Burnett
Neighborhood: Cabrini Green
d. July 31, 2020
Near
Cabrini Rowhouses
Anthony Pappalas was a seven year old who died from a rare form of brain cancer called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).
When the sign was dedicated the neighborhood was decorated in ribbons of Orange (Anthony’s favorite color) and Grey (the color for brain cancer).
The Defeat DIPG Network Chicago branch is called “Anthony’s Avengers.”
Ward: 19
Alderman: O’Shea
Neighborhood: Mt Greenwood
Lena was a 10 year old girl who was watching television with her brother in their grandmother’s apartment when a stray bullet came through the window and killed her. She was the innocent victim of gang violence a block away. A vigil was held by the community the next day.
The releasing of the white balloons pic.twitter.com/FzbEFoeZKI
— Mina Bloom (@mina_bloom_) June 30, 2020
Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of 10-year-old Lena Nunez, who was visiting her grandmother in Logan Square in late June when shew as shot i...
Ward: 35
Alderman: Ramirez-Rosa
Neighborhood: Logan Square
b. September 7, 2009
d. June 28, 2020. Age 10. Chicago
Blair Holt was a 16-year old high-school student who died while shielding a classmate from gunfire in 2007
Read MoreAlexander Esteban was three-year old who was killed by a drunk driver while walking with his 72-year old grandfather, who was also seriously injured.
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