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Steven Freeman, 33, Dies 2 Weeks After Christmas Day Shooting Of 7 People

By Kelly Bauer | January 9, 2017 12:03pm
 Steven Freeman, 33, has died a week after after being shot at a Christmas Day party where seven people were hit by gunfire, officials said.
Steven Freeman, 33, has died a week after after being shot at a Christmas Day party where seven people were hit by gunfire, officials said.
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CHICAGO — Steven Freeman, 33, has died nearly two weeks after being shot at a Christmas Day party where seven people were hit by gunfire, officials said.

The shooting happened about 9:20 p.m. Dec. 25 in the 8600 block of South Maryland Avenue, police said. The victims — six men and one woman — were on a home's porch when a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt walked out of an alley and fired shots at the group.

Freeman, of the 7600 block of South Normal, was wounded in the shooting and died at 1:43 a.m. Friday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy showed he died from complications of a gunshot wound in his back in a homicide.

Roy Gill III, 21, and James Gill, 18, were also killed in the shooting, according to the Medical Examiner's Office. Four others were wounded.

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