Donzell M. Davis, 36, was fatally shot on January 1, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. His killing is recorded as one of the early homicides in what became a markedly violent year for the city.

Chicago recorded 764 homicides by the end of 2016, with about 90% involving firearms. The city saw a 67% rise in the homicide rate in January 2016 compared with the same month the year before, and the spike in gun violence affected multiple parts of the city, including neighborhoods with poverty, systemic neglect, and gang conflicts. Davis’s death is presented as part of that wider pattern of gun-related killings that challenged city leaders and law enforcement that year.

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