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Site of the Beating and Murder of Derrion Albert (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Calumet Park / Chicago, Illinois / West 111th Street, 342
 murder site, invisible

Derrion Albert was a Sophomore Honor Student at the nearby Fenger High School. He was walking to catch a bus on 111th Street by the Agape Community Center and accidentally got caught in the middle of a fight where he was savagely beaten and killed. The incident gained national attention through an amateur video capturing the incident.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/27/beating-death-of-derr...
The incident also sparked a large nationwide discussion of violence in schools.
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Coordinates:   41°41'32"N   87°37'55"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago