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Devorite Diggins, a 21-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on November 13, 2013, at about 2:20 p.m. inside a gas station in the 800 block of West 59th Street in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Diggins and his 21-year-old cousin entered the store and spoke with an associate of the cousin. As they tried to leave, that associate blocked their path and they ran to the back of the store, where a group of males, including Valton Cooper, cornered Diggins.

Diggins called for his cousin, who was hiding elsewhere in the store; the cousin attempted to flee but was shot in the right arm and taken to Stroger Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Diggins died at the scene. Investigators described the shooting as gang-related, involving two rival groups.

Trevonti Carson, 26, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm; he was on parole at the time for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and was denied bond, with a preliminary hearing set for December 6, 2013. Valton Cooper, 25, was also charged with first-degree murder and later acquitted after a bench trial before Judge James Orbish. Carson remained charged and was scheduled to appear in court on January 22, 2015. Does anyone have information about Diggins, the gas station incident, or the people involved?