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Sergio Dukes, an 18-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on December 3, 2008, shortly after a high school basketball game near Harlan High School. The shooting occurred on South Indiana Avenue; Dukes was struck multiple times and later died at the hospital. The scene was chaotic, with a crowd of people leaving the game and witnesses offering differing descriptions of the shooter — some noted physical details like a bad case of acne and others mentioned names such as Kwan, Mike, and Manno as possible suspects.

Investigators and community members linked this killing to a wider pattern of violence affecting local high school students at the time, where local conflicts and retaliatory acts sometimes turned public gatherings into flashpoints. Testimony reported that the homicide may have prompted talk of retaliation at a December 2008 party, underscoring how one killing fed further tensions.

Does anyone who attended the game or was in the area on South Indiana Avenue that night have information that could clarify what happened?