chicago homicides 2012

Before 51-year-old Ancelmo Solis was killed in July, he'd walk for miles pushing his ice cream trolley.

20-year-old Darius Farley was gunned down while driving home with his brother on Chicago's South Side.

Samuel Clay, 25, was visiting a cousin in Bronzeville when he was shot down in April, his mother said.

22-year-old Alex Ruiz, killed early Aug. 19 in North Lawndale, wanted to become a police officer.

Alex Jaime, 14, was killed while riding his bicycle.

Tarance Franklin's mother said she reads his obituary to his two children.

20-year-old Andre Myrick was killed in Humboldt Park in April.

Randy Streeter, 46, was shot in "a random act of violence" said his brother-in-law.

Priscilla Mercado faced hardship in her life before being fatally shot April 6.

Robert McNear was gunned down May 28 in his home neighborhood of Bronzeville.

Rashaun Stephany was recording a rap album and hosted a public-access TV show before his death.

Antonio Singleton, 22, died in the same park where he enjoyed shooting hoops.

Before he was killed, Shannon Walton planned to move to Tennessee with his girlfriend and five children.

Pamela Valenzuela was found strangled to death in a North Lawndale building, officials said.

Police say the shooting of 22-year-old Ramon Salgado was possibly gang related.